HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03112014 - C.39RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to execute, on behalf of the Sheriff-Coroner Emergency
Services Division, a purchase order with Motorola in the amount of $145,000 to purchase new portable radios to be
used in mutual aid deployments and disaster operations.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$145,000 2012 Homeland Security grant program funding (project J).
BACKGROUND:
The FY12 State Homeland Security Grant Program is a State administered, federally funded grant program in which
all Operational Areas in California participate. The State Homeland Security Grant Program supports the
implementation of State Homeland Security strategies to address the identified planning, organization, equipment,
training and exercise needs to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to and recover from acts of terrorism and
other catastrophic events.
In FY12, the Contra Costa Operational Area received $852,514 in funding. The Contra Costa Homeland Security
Approval Authority administers State Homeland Security
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 03/11/2014 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Liz Arbuckle,
925-335-1529
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: March 11, 2014
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: Liz Arbuckle, Heike Siewell, Tim Ewell
C. 39
To:Board of Supervisors
From:David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Date:March 11, 2014
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Purchaase Order - Motorola
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
grant funds allocated to Contra Costa County. The Approval Authority analyzed a variety of grant requests and
prioritized these projects to meet the overall operational needs of Contra Costa County.
One project, Project J, in the FY12 grant program that received prioritization, was to add 800mhz P25 cache portable
radios to Op Area. The Contra Costa Approval Authority authorized a total of $150,000 from this grant year to fund
the purchase of these portables. The Cal OES grants program, which oversees the whole grant program, authorized
this project to be funded for Contra Costa County.
These radios will be part of the Op Area radio cache and used for large scale mutual aid deployments. In addition,
they will be available to Contra Costa first responder agencies who need additional portable radios during critical
events. These radios will be replacing current OES Op Area cache radios that are over 10 years old. These radios are
legacy VHF band radios and currently cannot talk on the East Bay Radio Communications System (EBRCS) 800mhz
system. The purchase of new radios will allow for full interoperability with the current radio system, which can not
be accomplished with the current cache.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The Sheriff's Office will not be authorized to purchase the radios.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
No impact.