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Authorizing the Police Department to enter into the Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Mobile Data Services agreement with Ramsey County.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul, Police Department is requesting authorization to enter into a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Mobile Data Agreement with Ramsey County through its Emergency Communications Department; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul has an existing Dispatch Joint Powers agreement with Ramsey County which will expire on December 31, 2016; and
WHEREAS, Ramsey County and the City of St Paul Office of Technology and Communication have determined that the existing CAD system is nearing the end of its life cycle and will be procuring an integrated public safety CAD/Mobile system to be owned by the County and used County-wide by numerous agencies anticipating the implementation of the system in 2015; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this agreement is to establish parameters for the provision of Computer-Aided Dispatch and Mobile Data Services by the County to the Members, and to delineate the terms and conditions under which the County will provide these CAD Services; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the council approves entering into and authorizes Police Chief Thomas E. Smith and Fire Chief Tim Butler to implement the attached agreement with Ramsey County.
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