HomeMy WebLinkAbout4.g. Approve Expenditure for Mobile RadioCITY OF ROSEMOUNT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR ACTION
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: January 15, 1991
AGENDA ITEM:
AGENDA SECTION:
Expenditure/Mobile Radio
Consent
PREPARED BY:
Scott
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Aker, Fire Chief
ATTACHMENTS:
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Memo to Administrator Silk
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This item is a request to spend $1,325.00 to purchase a Motorola Centaur -X
mobile radio. According to the 1991 CIP we are anticipating replacing one
of our officer's vehicles and that is where this radio is scheduled to be
installed. The radio is being purchased ahead of the vehicle because the
state bid is scheduled to expire which would raise the cost of the radio
from the $1,325.00 to approximately $2,500.00. It is also anticipated that
this radio will no longer be available once it goes off the state bid and
becomes too expensive to purchase.
The $1,325.00 is budgeted for and would be expended out of the 1991 budget
from account 101-42210-01-323.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Motion by city council to allow the fire department to spend $1,325.00
to purchase a Motorola Centaur -X mobile radio.
COUNCIL ACTION:
Approved.
ROSEMOUNT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
ROSEMOUNT, MINNESOTA 55068
TO: Steve Jilk, City Administrator
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FROM: Scott Aker, Fire Chief Uj
DATE: December 17, 1990
RE: Expenditure/Mobile Radio
As you are aware, over the past few years, the police and fire
departments have standardized on a mobile radio. Both
departments are now using a radio made by Motorola called the
Centaur X. The fire department currently has five of these
radios installed in our first line vehicles and I believe the
police department has them also in most of the squad cars. I
have recently been in contact with the distributor for Motorola
and he has indicated that after the first of the year these
radios will no longer be in production and Motorola will no
longer have a radio on the state bid. He indicated that the
reason the radio would no longer be in production was that this
particular model was too expensive for Motorola to make and they
were planning on going to a quote "cheaper" version of the same
radio but because it was not on the state bid would ultimately
cost more and operate slightly differently from the ones we now
have.
The fire department was planning on purchasing one of these
radios for our assistant chief's new vehicle which is scheduled
for early 1991. We do feel there is merit in having all of our
radios the same and operating in pretty much the same manner.
For this reason we would like to proceed and order one Motorola
Centaur X radio at this time for $1,325.00 before they cease
production on December 30, 1990. We have been guaranteed that
parts and trained technicians would be available to work on them
for quite some time into the future as there are so many of them
in use at this time.
I will also pass this information on to Chief Knutsen. I am not
sure if he is aware of the situation and may want to take some
action to keep his squads as standardized as possible, also.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
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