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rresent: Mayor sill w
Deputy MaYOrrR sty Miles
argent
heltones ithamCity Administrator
ra ld fine D ambr.i, City clerk
Richard S. Taylor, Jr., City A ney
chief C hapman, t Department.
rola Corporation
Mary Taylor H111, Motorola C p anon
Mayor Wrnston called a work session meeting to
orderCat 6.10 p mR
ved uspend the rules.
onded byr Commr..sroner Sargent and carried by vorce
2. xsTEM snx EFING. Chief Charles Chapman, Frre
Departme~ t. s
hapman presented a brief o of the radio system.
]e/Je, the city F Department 1 e police dispatch a
the c my system. A few yearet la ter, the Police Departltment
didhthe s ith the c nty's sheriff's department.
theough all ofnt tup u til 8/9vyca rs ago, pretty much m intained
ackup egvipmentt the ity till had ity-wide
cations. when t my w these ing
systeml that w side and we have ended up with oa island
separating public safety from the r of the city. o be
nt lY~ especially during the r ent floodingsi
thre atbof hurricane a ing added a
val which requiresuallao [he city departments
inga able t Believes St i o bring the rest
ity o o the system for when t eed a Has m
from M ro la discusse n hapma nt
roducednM ary whohw uld explaintthe
technrcal part oP theaeoo trunk gt system.
the u eatl slides, expla.i ned i
ntyom ved It the e mhz tr eking system. The 8 system would
all ~ity departments together u ing a roller. H
exp fined the advantages of a trunked radio systemk more of frirent
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allows privacy, adds safety, Provides greater
fCperabi lity, handles traffic m nagement, has a ergency
Systems u nolea c unty, Dod P
a nford P Lake rMary PDB PWyFD, Altamonte 5'prgi ngs F
Springs aDnd sel6erry Wlocal
governments i ange C nty. ntyu system has 5
nalog channe15em 1oopem
then ntyr has aju major upgra wsyst
alwaysmabe to give priordity otoh policeema nd frre
department s.ll
chief Chapman said Longwood has 25 portables spread a ublic
orks, Parks, and the B ilding Department. e propose ~sbuying 2
radios t replace the e fisting, plus a few spaces, and 1 for the
ity administrator. Also, w
Public Works and the second foi the deuilding bofficial 1OnThe third
of t ing 54"1,681 from Contingency and m ing t the F
Deparptment Capital L o process t e paper work
o get started. explai nede the rt mng factor w ait for
filial upgrade whrch should be completed in March and thewneed to
argent posed 9uestions: will ibis involve t
there any value t equipment; would
then erbetthe~need t again i the systemti short period
of time? Chief Chapman replied n ould be
required as the e the n3rd obase uw oalready i
place; he d these equipment had a uch value
el/s end ssuggestedrrthe channel/s be kept;
upgrade w nnj ust m see the vurrent technology
changing in the Foreseeable future.
3. ADJ argent m Ved adjourn. ed by
Commrssroner Vacca and carried by a voice vote.
Meeting adjourned at 6:54 p.m. _ ' ~ /L
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/~ William Mzyor
C-•icf...fii Rf/G Fr~~ E. Winston,
6 raldine D. city Clerk
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