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AGENDA TITLE: Utilize San Joaquin County Contract for Paging Services
MEETING DATE: February 15, 1995
PREPARED BY: Police Department
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council approve standardizing on one paging service
provider for all departments and that the City utilize the contract that
was recently negotiated by San Joaquin County for paging service
with Airsignal Inc.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Police Department, and other departments, currently buy
airtime from several different local paging companies including
Airsignal Inc. The Police Department currently owns their paging
equipment and their monthly numeric -only airtime rate is $11.50 per
paging unit. They also supply batteries for these units at an estimated cost of $0.50 per unit per month.
The Police Department has 31 pagers for a total anual cost of $4,464.00.
Airsignal Inc. will supply 31 new alpha -numeric pagers to the Police department at no charge. The
alpha -numeric pagers would normally cost the City $179.00 each. The new monthly airtime cost would
be $12.25 per unit per month for an anual cost of $4,557.00. Also, Airsignal Inc. will supply all
necessary batteries on an ongoing basis at no additional charge.
KEY BENIFITS:
• One vendor contract
• All Departments would use same paging system
• LCD display for text messages
• City emergency sevices would tie into the County Fire Department dispatch
and fire strike -team dispatching
• Group message broadcasts
• Group disaster broadcasts
• Northern California and statewide coverage available
FUNDING: Existing funding as provided in current budget.
Larry Hansen
Police Chief
Prepared by Captain Charles Mauch
Mark White, Information Systems Coordinator
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THOMAS A. PETERSON recycled paper
City Manager
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