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WS — Item 1 WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT Work Session Item Date: April 27, 2015 To: City Council From: Director John Swenson Re: Anoka County Public Safety Data System Background During the March 28, 2011 Lino Lakes City Council meeting members for the Joint Law Enforcement Council (JLEC) provided information to the Council on the need to replace the computer aided dispatch, mobile and law enforcement records systems. JLEC partnered with other public safety officials in Anoka County to create a county wide Public Safety Data System that would create avenues for currently "siloed" public safety systems to share data across the public safety disciplines (Dispatch, Police, Fire, Jail and Emergency Management). It was estimated that the cost for such a system would be between $6.8 million to $8.2 million. In order to fund this public safety initiative, JLEC wanted to achieve legislative authority to replace the retiring Anoka County 800 MHz bonds with PSDS bonds. The Lino Lakes City Council, as well as 22 other Anoka County government entities, approved a resolution supporting this legislative change. The legislation was approved during the 2011 legislative session and authorizes the Anoka County Board to issue up $8 million in bonds to purchase a county wide PSDS with approval from the JLEC. Public safety and elected officials engaged in an extensive process to identify vendor(s) that have the ability to create the PSDS in Anoka County. Through this process vendors were identified. Attached is a PowerPoint presentation for the Council Work Session on April 27, 2015 which includes more details regarding this initiative as well as pricing information. Requested Council Direction This is informational only; no Council action need. Attachments PSDS Presentation — Lino Lakes April 27, 2015