01/12/2024 Resolutions 2024-1RESOLUTION 2024-1
WHEREAS, the Grand Island Emergency Center, managed by the Grand Island
Emergency Management Department is the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) for all of Hall
County; and
WHEREAS, since 2019, the Grand Island Emergency Center has been a member of
the East Centra1911 Region (EC911) group which operates a shared 911 system (Call Works) in
order to decrease costs, increase redundancy and share resources through statewide networks; and
WHEREAS, EC911 shared system host equipment is due for replacement, the cost of
which is divided among all EC911 group members by the number of dispatch consoles in each
Center, and
WHEREAS, in 2022 an updated East Central 911 Interlocal Cooperation 911
Emergency Communications Equipment Sharing Agreement provided the framework for the
purchase and maintenance of the new host equipment as well as include new EC911 members in cost
sharing,
WHEREAS, in 2023 an unanticipated but necessary expense for Operational
Readiness Testing was discovered and is required to proceed and is outside the 8% contingency of
the original Agreement, and
WHEREAS, the parties/agencies are in agreement that an addendum to the
Underlying Agreement is needed requiring all participating parties/agencies agree to pay an
additional one-time fee for Operational Readiness Testing, and
WHEREAS, the signed version of the original addendum in March of 2023 listed
costs that have been corrected and reduce, requiring a correction to the Addendum and another round
of signing,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, that:
The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to approve ADDENDUM TO: "INTER-
LOCAL COOPERATION 911 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
SHARING AGREEMENT".
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, January 12, 2024.
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Ro G. Steele, Mayor
Attest:
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J Granere, City Clerk