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Authorize negotiation and execution of interlocal agreements with the following independent school districts: Manor, Pflugerville, Del Valle, and Lake Travis, Austin Community College, Texas State University, City of Texarkana, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and Texas Division of Emergency Management to permit their radio systems, dispatch consoles, and other related communications equipment to connect to the Greater Austin-Travis County Regional Radio System (GATRRS) Master Site to facilitate interoperable and seamless radio communications with GATRRS users, each with an initial term of up to 12 months with automatic annual renewals unless terminated by one of the parties. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.
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Communications and Technology Management.
Fiscal Note
If it is determined by the CTM-Wireless Communication Services Division that an outside entity's connection to, and use of, the Greater Austin-Travis County Regional Radio System Master Site results in a cost to the City, the outside entity will reimburse the City.
For More Information:
Kerrica Laake, Director 512-978-1535; Pushpa Srinivasa, Division Manager, 512-972-3209.
Additional Backup Information:
The City and its partners in the Greater Austin-Travis County Regional Radio System (GATRRS) provide leadership for a multi-jurisdictional Project 25 (P25), interoperable 700 MHz/800 MHz trunked radio communications system. In 2005, a $6,000,000 federal grant to the City provided a substantial upgrade to the GATRRS Master Site, with the stated purpose to include the hosting of other government jurisdiction radio systems into a common wide-area system to improve radio communications interoperability for day-to-day operations, mutual aid, and critical incident operations among government agencies. Interoperability is defined by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as, "the ability of emergency response agencies to talk to one another v...
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