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Little Canada <br />Fire Department, Inc. 325 Little Canada Road East <br />Little Canada, Minnesota 55117 <br />Office: (651) 792-7680 <br />Fax: (651) 766-7092 <br />Little Canada <br />Fire Department, Inc. 325 Little Canada Road East <br />Little Canada, Minnesota 55117 <br />Office: (651) 792-7680 <br />Fax: (651) 766-7092 <br /> <br />To: Mayor Keis and Members of the City Council <br />From: Don Smiley, Fire Chief <br />Date: January 21, 2021 <br />RE: Mobile and portable radio replacement <br /> <br />ACTION TO BE CONSIDERED: <br />Motion to approve the purchase of 9 new mobile radios and 28 new portable radios. <br />The cost of the new radios and all related equipment and installation is $191,640.60 <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />In 2004 Ramsey County replaced its aging county wide radio system with a new digital <br />800 MHZ system. With the new system new radios were needed to work on the new <br />system. Ramsey County provided all of our radios in 2004 after receiving a grant from <br />the Federal Government. In 2015 our radios reached their end of life and the <br />manufacturer started to discontinue making replacement parts. We were able to <br />stretch out the useful life for another 5 years. The replacement is in the General Capital <br />Improvement Fund budget for 2021. In the past year we had several radios break or <br />malfunction and we have not been trying to repair them since the replacement was <br />coming up. <br /> <br />A firefighter’s radio is one of the most important pieces of equipment next to the self- <br />contained breathing apparatus. <br /> <br />The radios will be purchased thru the State of Minnesota contract. The time from order <br />to delivery will be about a month. <br />SOURCE OF FUNDS: The radios will be funded with The General Capital <br />Improvement Fund (Fund 400). $192,000 was budgeted in 2021 for radio <br />replacement. <br /> <br />Here is a summary of the costs: <br />New mobile and portable radios and related accessories $ 179,040.60 <br /> (Vendor is Ancom Communications) <br />Removal of old mobile radios and installation of new radios $ 12,500.00 <br /> (Other costs to uninstall old radio equipment and time <br /> material to install new equipment) <br />Total cost $191,640.60