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Elizabethtown council authorizes mayor to sign Motorola contract, advancing city toward primary 911 dispatch
Summary
The council authorized the mayor to sign a Motorola radio/console contract that staff said will move Elizabethtown toward becoming a primary PSAP; the quoted system price was $2.2 million with $850,000 already allocated and a $130,631 signing incentive. The council approved immediate authorization to lock pricing.
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — The Lisonbee City Council on Dec. 8 authorized the mayor to sign a contract with Motorola that staff said will upgrade the city's radio system and move Elizabethtown toward acting as its own primary 911 answering point (PSAP).
Chief Thompson told the council that the vendor quote for the full system came in at about $2.2 million, with $850,000 already allocated across the current and next fiscal year. He said 200 radio units are planned (split across two fiscal years), additional dispatch consoles are required as the city's dispatch workload grows, and integration costs…
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