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RESOLUTION NO. 32 OF 2014
(Resolution Supporting a Single Computer-Aided Dispatch Platform)
WHEREAS, the Salt Lake City Council is committed to providing critical, lifesaving, public safety communications (911); through the establishment of a single Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) system in all of Salt Lake County for all those who live, work, visit and play Salt Lake County; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 155, Utah Communication Agency Network and Utah 911 Committee Amendments, was enacted during the 2014 Utah Legislative session, which establishes, in part, the Computer-Aided Dispatch Restricted Account; and
WHEREAS, the Computer-Aided Dispatch Restricted Account was created by the Legislature to be used exclusively to enhance public safety efforts within the state by funding the procurement of a single Computer-Aided Dispatch system for public safety agencies within counties of the first class, when authorized through an interlocal agreement between Salt Lake County’s two primary Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs); and
WHEREAS, the Salt Lake County Council has budgeted up to 1.37 million dollars to purchase software and train public safety personnel on a single Computer-Aided Dispatch system; and
WHEREAS, Salt Lake City Corporation and the Valley Emergency Communications Center Board of Trustees have determined that it is in the best interests of the inhabitants of their respective jurisdictions to enter into an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement to jointly engage a consultant through a Request for Proposals/Request for Qualifications (RFP/RFQ) process, intended to lead to the execution of a contract, and, in cooperation with the CAD selection committee, recommend the selection of a single Computer-Aided Dispatch system.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
The Salt Lake City Council resolves to fully support and abide by the recommendations of the RFP/RFQ Consultant, in coordination with the CAD selection committee, whose purpose shall be to select a vendor or vendors to provide a single CAD system capable of achieving the above stated goals of establishing an efficient and effective 911 system in Salt Lake County and meeting the requirements of House Bill 155.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this 9th day of December, 2014.