Agenda Item Wording:
title
Approve Agreement with County Radio Shop - Authorization to renew and approve a 5-year Memorandum of Understanding for City Wide radio installation, maintenance, and programming services with Tulare County Information & Communications Technology, the County's Radio Shop, for an estimated $225,000 over a 5-year period.
body
Prepared by:
Chief Jason Salazar, 559-713-4215, jason.salazar@visalia.city;
Financial Analyst, Liz Ybarra, 559-713-4250, liz.ybarra@visalia.city;
Police Specialist Dex Valencia, 559-713-4655, dex.valencia@visalia.city
Department Recommendation:
Authorization to renew and approve a 5-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for city wide radio installation, maintenance, and programming services with Tulare County Information & Communications Technology (TCICT), the County's Radio Shop, for an estimated $225,000 over a 5-year period.
Summary:
The MOU, signed in 2020, has expired and requires renewal. TCICT's Radio Shop provides services to County Departments and to other local agencies, as their schedule allows. The Visalia Police & Fire Departments uses the radio shop extensively; however, the MOU covers all City Departments that require radio shop services. The cost of services for FY 25/26 is $105.00 for hourly labor plus the actual cost of parts and supplies plus a 10% administrative fee. The hourly rate is adjusted annually, according to the approved County cost allocation plan as approved by the State of California. This new MOU expires on 6/30/2030.
Background Discussion:
The Police and Fire Department uses TCICT for the maintenance of all handheld and car radios, antennas, batteries, battery chargers, and channel programming for the various assignments. The Department is required to use TCICT for radio programing in order to input and mark radio identifiers on all handheld and in car radios. This function needs to be updated as officers move into different assignments and different functions within t...
Click here for full text