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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date Submitted Type of Action .Requested Agenda Item Number Resolution Reports-4b June 9, 1983 Ordinance Date Action Requested X Formal Action/Motion Title C i ty's Radio Other June 14, 1983 Information/Motion Equipment ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TO: Mayor and Councilmen FROM: David M. Childs, City Manager ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY DISCUSSION OF SUBJECT: The attached memo from Hennepin County details the cost proposals for new. radio equipment for municipalities , including the St. Anthony Police and Fire Departments , Under the proposal we would be required to buy new radios from the County and use their maintenance facilities if we wish to continue under their dispatching umbrella. Since we have not been experiencing excessive repairs and/or breakdown problems with the current radios , we feel that the requirement to buy new radios at this time is not reasonable or acceptable. FISCAL IMPACT: Initially, the additional annual costs would be approximately $1 ,400.00 per year for the next eight years , depending upon the final costs . ALTERNATIVES : We would like to propose to the County that we be allowed to purchase from the County the radios we presently use at their 10% residual value , or at an amount equal to the trade- in or auction value of the radios that the County will be replacing . The current radios would be compatible with the system and should be acceptable for our use for years to come. RECOMMENDATION: That the Council pass a motion asking the County Commissioners in this time of tight budgets to consider our proposal in light of the fact that even though all the radios in the system won' t be brand new and all the same color , the St. Anthony system will continue to be functional and can be updated , as needed, by the City over a period of years. CI Y MANAGER' S REVIEW: COMMENTS : it