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MOUNDS MEW <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />Item No:AD <br />Meeting Date: March 12, 2018 <br />Type of Business: Council Business <br />Administrator Review: <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Nate Harder, Chief of Police <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8924, Approving the purchase of tornado siren <br />controller upgrades and pole replacement <br />Background: <br />Ramsey County has requested agencies that utilize their dispatch services to upgrade <br />the tornado siren controller that receives the signal to activate the alarm. Ramsey County <br />will be going to an 800 MHZ system as soon as all cities can update their controllers. <br />Discussion: <br />All of the City of Mounds View's three tornado alarms are in need of a siren control <br />upgrade to stay compatible with Ramsey County and their ability to externally activate <br />the county wide tornado alarms through the 800 MHZ radio system. All three of our <br />sirens utilize the older controller technology (VHF) that is being phased out of service. <br />The previous summer, the City of Mounds View lost the Groveland tornado alarm due to <br />the pole breaking. One additional pole will need to be replaced due to wood pecker <br />damage and will be replaced during the upgrade process. The expense for replacing <br />the pole will be $2475.00 and the upgrades to the siren controller $14,996.21 for a total <br />of $17,471.21 to get our tornado warning systems up to recommendations. These <br />quotes are from Federal Signal and West Shore Services Inc. on state bid. <br />Recommendation: <br />Staff recommends City Council approval of Resolution 8924, a resolution authorizing the <br />purchase of tornado siren controller upgrades and pole replacement for a total of <br />$17,471.21 out of account 480-4180-3030. <br />Respectfully Submitted, <br />�te <br />Na(air e <br />Chief of Police <br />