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The existing E911 phone
system is scheduled to be replaced. Grant funds in the
amount of $150,000 are available this fiscal year to assist
with the funding of a replacement system. The County has
the opportunity to ride a contract with Verizon and Clarke
County to obtain equipment that should provide improved
service and allow for the utilization of a sixth
workstation. The proposal to replace this equipment has
previously been reviewed and approved by the Public Safety
and Facilities Planning Committee.
At the November committee
meeting of the Facilities Committee, it was recommended that
funds be requested for the following projects: replacement
of the E911 phone system, Lord Fairfax Community College
capital improvements, evidence storage, improvements to
Magistrate/records storage unit, installation of an
emergency generator at the Emergency Operation Center,
partial funding for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
improvements and drainage improvements at the Marshall
Community Center. As pricing is still being established on
some of these projects they will be forwarded to the Finance
Committee and Board of Supervisors in January 2009. If all
the projects are approved, the Capital Reserve fund will be
reduced from the current balance of $2,937,436 to
approximately $2,250,000.
Funding for the phone system
is requested now to order the equipment so that installation
can take place as soon as possible in order to reduce
maintenance costs on the existing system. |
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Acquisition and first year
maintenance costs are expected to require a budget of
$295,000. Grant funds in the amount of $150,000 have been
awarded by the Wireless Communications Board. A transfer of
$145,000 from the Capital Reserve Contingency provides the
balance of funding.
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