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Council hears plan for multi‑year Motorola radio and dispatch upgrade
Summary
IT staff outlined a six‑year Motorola radio and dispatch upgrade to replace equipment reaching end‑of‑life, lock a price, and spread costs; first‑year software is ~$656,000 (budgeted) and subsequent multi‑year hardware replacement was described as roughly $2 million over three years, with an overall project price staff cited at about $8.6 million.
City IT staff presented a request to renew the radio system maintenance and software agreement with Motorola and to phase in a six‑year upgrade of radio and dispatch equipment.
Gabby (IT) said the request covers maintenance, software and equipment replacement for the city’s public safety radio system, which also supports billing, collections and code enforcement radios. She said the first year is primarily software work (about $656,000) and is already budgeted. The city will stagger hardware and server replacements over the multi‑year plan to avoid an up‑front $6 million capital hit, staff said; staff described the multi‑year cost for replacement servers and hardware as roughly $2,000,000 for the next three years and cited an $8.6 million total price the city is locking in.
Tom Henderson, who introduced himself as a Motorola representative, told council the company stages cutovers and works with city IT and dispatch to keep downtime short during transitions. Council members asked about budget authority and the guaranteed price; staff said the figure cited is the locked price.
Staff did not ask for a vote at the workshop; they will return with procurement steps for council approval as required.
Clarifying details: first‑year software cost reported as $656,000; multi‑year hardware replacement plan spreads roughly $2,000,000 across the next three years; staff cited an $8.6 million total program price.
