HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_10408. Request from the Emergency Communications Operations & Management
Department (ECOM) for the Awarding of a Contract for a Simulcast System:
Purchasing Agent Dean Lail and ECOM Director David Martin said $524,700 had been
budgeted for the Simulcast Repeater System Project. They said Two -Way Radio of
Carolina had submitted a $491,080 proposal but necessary changes had increased the
costs to $501,280. Lail said there were no other bidders. (Motorola did not submit a
bid). The gentlemen said they felt comfortable with the system that used G.E. radios,
and the county attorney had reviewed the contract. They also said additional costs were
not anticipated.
9. Request for Approval of a Letter of Agreement Between Hospice & Palliative
Care and the County for EMS or Ambulance Services: Emergency Management
Director Tracy Jackson requested approval of this agreement at the briefing session. He
said Hospice preferred to use county EMS services instead of private agencies, and the
agreement addressed this arrangement. Jackson said the contract had been reviewed by
the county attorney.
10. Request from the EMS Department for Approval to Apply for a 2005-06
Health Resources & Services Administration Grant: Emergency Management
Director Tracy Jackson requested permission at the 5 o'clock meeting to apply for a
$21,473 grant that would be used for disaster trailer/supplies at $11,080 and
educational/training services at $10,393.
11. Request for Approval of Budget Amendment #27 Allocating a $1,500
"Campus Crime Stopper" (D.A.R.E) Grant: Lieutenant Rick Eades, with the
sheriffs department, requested approval of this amendment at the briefing session. He
said the money would be used for promotional materials geared towards encouraging
students to report crimes. Eades said the actual reward money was derived from drug -
seized funds. (Chairman Tice added during the briefing session that she was a member
of a committee that determined how much reward money was awarded to a person
providing a valid tip.)
12. Request from the Sheriffs Office for Approval to Apply for a Department
of Justice COPS Grant: Also during the briefing session, Lieutenant Rick Eades
requested permission to apply for a $323,960 technology grant. He said the COPS grant
had four phases over five years, and last year, Phase I in the amount of $150,000 for a
regional crime center was approved. Lt. Eades said Phase II funds would be used for
additional equipment for the center that might be located at the Highway 21 annex.
13. Request for Approval of Budget Amendment #26 to Recognize Proceeds
($47,513) from Insurance Claims: Finance Director Blumenstein requested approval
of this amendment during the briefing session. She said the funds received for property
damage would be added to departmental expenditure line items from which repairs or
replacement costs were incurred.
14. Request for Approval of an Agreement for Arbitrage Rebate Calculation
Services (Series 2003 * Installment Payment Revenue Refunding Bonds •
$18,020,000): Susan Blumenstein said the Internal Revenue Code stipulated that any
earnings over the declared yield of tax exempt bond issues had to be rebated to the U.S.
government. She said it was best to hire outside agencies to determine the arbitrage, or
excess earnings, and she recommended Bingham Arbitrage Rebate Services with an
annual fee of $1,000 for five years. (This agreement will be for the second five-year
period. The educational bond series was actually issued in year 2000, but a refunding
issuance occurred in year 2003.)
15. Request for Adoption of a Capital Project Ordinance for School Construction
Projects for Year 2006: Finance Director Blumenstein reported at the briefing session
that an ordinance needed to be adopted for the educational facilities included in the
General Obligation (GO) Bonds, Certificates of Participation (COPs), and Qualified
Zone Academy Bonds (QZABs). Blumenstein reminded the board members that the
school systems could not move funding from one school construction project to another