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Bryan orders new Central Square CAD system; regional partners to share costs under ILA
Summary
Council approved an interlocal agreement to let emergency-service districts and Brazos County access Bryan's Central Square CAD platform and authorized purchase of the Central Square flagship CAD product (total program cost shown at $1,304,606; year‑one project/implementation cost ~$340,624) with partner reimbursements expected to reduce the city’s net share.
The city moved to modernize emergency dispatch technology, approving both an interlocal cooperative agreement (ILA) to share the Central Square enterprise computer‑aided dispatch (CAD) platform with local partners and a purchase of the vendor’s flagship CAD product.
CIO Craig Kraus said the existing dispatch software has been in service since 2003, is at end‑of‑life, and provides limited vendor support. He presented a cost profile showing year‑one implementation and maintenance of about $340,624 and a total program cost of roughly $1,304,606 across the initial contract period. Kraus said reimbursements from participating entities — Brazos County and Emergency Services Districts 1–4 — will reduce Bryan’s net cost.
"If we do it right, they will not go down," Kraus said when asked about continuity during the software transition; he described running the old and new systems in parallel before a cutover. Council members asked technical questions about dispatching flexibility; one member noted the system’s ability to triage units (for example, dispatch ambulance versus fire response based on call history).
Council approved the ILA and the system purchase unanimously. Kraus said the platform provides ongoing support, security patches and scalability for multi‑agency operations.
