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City Clerk <br /> DATE: 5/10/2022 <br /> MEMO: <br /> TO: Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe <br /> City Council Members <br /> FROM: Scot Wrighton,City Manager <br /> SUBJECT: Resolution Approving an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Decatur,Emergency Telephone <br /> System Board,and Central Illinois Regional Dispatch Center to Allow CIRDC to Construct a Communications Tower on City <br /> Property. <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the resolution be approved. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The communications tower located on city property at the Municipal Service Center(MSC)is also used by the CIRDC. <br /> However,it cannot sustain additional equipment installations,and it is too short to provide adequate coverage to all of the central <br /> parts of Macon County required by the new CIRDC communications plan. <br /> The city has agreed to allow the CIRDC to erect a new and taller tower at the MSC site. The CIRDC will allow the city of <br /> Decatur to have its current and future communications equipment on the new tower at no cost(no rental fees),and the old tower <br /> will be dismantled as a part of the improvement. The citywill continue to pay power costs. <br /> The siting of the new tower(next to the old on)was determined in consultation with Public Works staff to make sure the tower <br /> and it guy-wires would not interfere in the operations of the Public Works Department. Intergovernmental projects like this save <br /> money for both participating units of local government. <br /> PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION: The agreement was approved by the ETSB on May 11,2022. <br /> ATTACHMENTS: <br /> Description Type <br /> Resolution Resolution Letter <br /> Intergovernmental Agreement Backup Material. <br />