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• DISPATCH CONSOLIDATION RESOLUTION
No. 2005-16
City of Falcon Heights
October 12, 2005
WHEREAS, On June 22, 2004, the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners authorized
the Ramsey County Manager to proceed with the design and construction of a County subsystem
backbone of a countywide Public Safety Communication System (PSCS)/800 MHz Interoperable
Communication System as a subsystem for the Metropolitan Radio Board's public safety
communication system; and
WHEREAS, On June 22, 2004, the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners authorized
the Ramsey County Manager to develop a preliminary design of a Ramsey County PSCS/800
MHz PSAP/Dispatch Center that would be sized to allow for potential future countywide
dispatching for consideration by the County Board and the Policy Planning Committee; and
WHEREAS, On Apri126, 2005, the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners authorized
the Ramsey County Manager to represent the County Board in formal negotiations with the
independent PSAP/Dispatch Centers; and
• WHEREAS, On September 13, 2005, the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners
directed the County Manager to negotiate Agreements for dispatch center consolidation with
Ramsey County mumcipalities that include a provision for the County to provide dispatch
services to participating cities with 60% of the cost from the countywide tax levy and 40% based
on each city's calls, beginning 2007 and to return to the County Board on or before October 18,
2005, with the agreements so that dispatch center site development and dispatch console
reconfiguration can proceed as soon as possible; and
WHEREAS, On October 4, 2005, the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners
reaffirmed its September 13, 2005, action and further endorsed the following dispatch agreement
terms:
1. Call for Service means aComputer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) incident number that
originates from a 911 call.
2. Ten-year term (ending December 31, 2016).
3. First two years' costs based on the cost allocation sheets handed out at the September
1, 2005, meeting with Ramsey County municipalities.
4. Thereafter, rolling three-year average based on 60% on the levy and 40% on Calls for
Service.
5. 911 fees split 60% on the levy and 40% on Calls for Service.
Now, Therefore, Be It
RESOLVED, the Falcon Heights City Council supports the following Dispatch
• Agreement Terms proposed by the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners on October 4,
2005:
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1. Call for Service means aComputer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) incident number that
originates from a 911 call.
2. Ten-year term (ending December 31, 2016).
3. First two years' costs based on the cost allocation sheets handed out at the September
1, 2005, meeting with Ramsey County municipalities.
4. Thereafter, rolling three-year average based on 60% on the levy and 40% on Calls for
Service.
5. 911 fees split 60% on the levy and 40% on Calls for Service
And Be It Further
RESOLVED, the Falcon Heights City Council intends to consolidate its dispatch services
with Ramsey County provided that:
A. An acceptable agreement, that includes call definition, can be negotiated;
B. A dispatching protocol acceptable to the City of Falcon Heights is established; and
C. If agreement terms and dispatching protocols cannot be agreed to, the City of Falcon
Heights will reconsider its position.
Whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
Moved by: Lamb Approved by:
Susan L. Gehrz, Mayor
October 12, 2005
GEHRZ
KUETTEL Al1In-Favor ~
LAMB
LINDSTROM None Against Attested by: ~ ;
TALBOT Heather M. Worthingt
City Administrator
October 12, 2005