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Pottawattamie County OKs $16.2 million Motorola contract to modernize public-safety radio system
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved a $16,198,222 agreement with Motorola Solutions to migrate county radios to the statewide Essex system, fund a two‑year cutover and infrastructure upgrades, and authorize the chairman to sign a notice to proceed; financing will use capital funds and likely bonds.
Pottawattamie County supervisors voted to approve a Motorola Solutions agreement valued at $16,198,222 to upgrade the county’s public-safety radio and communications infrastructure and join the Iowa statewide interoperability system known as Essex. The board’s approval, made after a study session and recommendation from the county’s Public Safety Communications Tax Task Force, authorizes the chairman to sign a notice to proceed.
County staff said the project covers console upgrades at the 9‑1‑1 communications center and an emergency management contingency site, antenna and line replacement, microwave dish and waveguide replacement, and other…
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