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Staff proposes Motorola radio replacement, vehicle and fire apparatus orders; long lead times noted for pumpers and ladders
Summary
Staff recommended replacing unsupported Motorola radios used across departments and urged early procurement for fire pumpers and ladder trucks because current lead times exceed two years; the board heard a proposed 60‑day test of a license‑plate reader system.
Bruce, city staff member, told the board the city's Motorola 7000‑series radios are no longer serviceable and recommended replacing 85 radios across departments to maintain communications.
"We need to replace all of those radios. I think it's a total of 85 across the city," Bruce said; staff presented a total project cost split among police (equitable sharing funds), fire…
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