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MAYOR AND CITY COUNCII. ouroHER 8, 19114 PAGE: 'rwu In order for the City of Mounds View to par.Lake of this sytem it would be necessary that the City purchase one or more radios containing sufficient channels and programmable to communicate with all of the agencies involved. Through the Ramsey County Emergency Services Communications Unit the City is able to obtain a radio designed to meet these needs at dealer's prices thus saving the City several hundred dollars as compared to that which we presently pay for other City police and pubLic works radios. In discussing this matter with Police Chirf Ramacher who will assume the duties of Civil Defense Director at the first of the y,:ar, it is our desire to initially purchase one of these radios with all of the equipment necessary for it to serve as both a mobile radio and a base station and should it meet our expectations to purchase one or more additional radios for placement in appropriate City vehicles and at City Hall for purposes of providing us with the necessary communication network during emergency conditions. The cost of the radio plus equipment necessary to make it a base station as well as a mobile unit would require the expenditure of approximately $550.00 plus Staff time to install this radio. It is our proposal that the base station equipment be placed at the Police Department in order that the radio might be used during the normal course of the Police Department's activities and that the mobile unit equipment be placed in my personal vehicle where I might be able to use the radio during emergencies when communications with me are necessary. In discussing this possibility with Councilmember Linker he indicated the desire that the equipment be placed in a City vehicle having appropriate markings to indicate that a City official is using the vehicle and present at the scene. After giving this matter consideration, I would have to agree with Councilmember Linke that having the radio in a vehicle identified as a Municipal Vehicle would be appropriate, however, at the time of a civil defense emergency I could easily imagine the demand that will be placed on our Municipal Vehicles by City Staff that will be called out during such emergencies and require appropriate transportation to accomplish their tasks. As I am presently receiving a vehicle allowance that would result in my using my personal vehicle during a civil defense emergency, having the hook-up in my car would allow me to communicate with appropriate City departments and other agencies during an emergency. Should the need to identify my vehicle as a Municipal Vehicle come about, City stickers could be temporarily placed on my car doors, however, I do not feel that that will necessarily occur.