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1 <br /> COUNCIL COMMUNICATION FORM �' <br /> PURCHASING& INTERNAL SERVICES MEMORANDUM <br /> #07-19 <br /> April 12, 2007 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Osborne and City Council <br /> FROM: Steve Garm ity Manager ^ � <br /> Ron Neufel nancial Management Director /� � <br /> Deborah M. P rry, Purchasing SupervisorGi� <br /> SUBJECT: Purchase of dual power supply <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends awarding contract to Barbeck <br /> Communications to furnish one (1) B 1821 Centracom Gold dual spare power supply with <br /> installation, testing and programming. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Centracom Electronic Bank or CEB are large batteries which power the <br /> dispatch consoles and radios for the Communications Center. There are a total of eight CEB's <br /> which power the system. They have been in place for seventeen years. <br /> Recently, the Communications Center experienced a failure of one of the CEB's. The <br /> Communications Center is currently operating on a backup, which means there is no backup <br /> available in the event of a secondary failure. According to Deputy Chief Ed Smith, Barbeck <br /> Communications, the City's service provider believes a second failure would incapacitate the <br /> operations of the Communications Center. <br /> Based on the age of the remaining CEB's, the Police Department is requesting a dual power <br /> source which would replace the non-functioning CEB and also allow for an extra replacement of <br /> another CEB should one fail in the future. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTION: None <br />� INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: Police Department requested the dual power supply. <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: James Anderson, Police Chief, 424-2745. Ed Smith, Deputy Chief, <br />� 424-2742. Chief Anderson will be at the meeting to answer questions the City Council may have <br /> about this purchase. <br /> BUDGET: $11,310.00 from the General Fund. <br />