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Wayne County to transfer radios, pagers to Centerville Fire under interlocal agreement
Summary
A county public safety consultant told the Centerville council the county will transfer radios and pagers — valued at roughly $85,000 — to Centerville Fire under an interlocal agreement that requires inventory tracking and prohibits resale or reprogramming; training on the new 800 MHz system will follow.
A public safety consultant for Wayne County told the Centerville town council on Oct. 14 that the county will transfer radio equipment to Centerville Fire under an interlocal agreement that makes the town the owner and places maintenance and inventory obligations on the town.
The consultant, identified in the transcript as a public safety consultant on behalf of the county (Speaker 3), said the package includes three mobile radios, four dual‑band portable radios (800 MHz capable), 14 single‑band portable radios and 25 pagers. "This interlocal agreement, it's about over $85,000 in value and equipment, that the county purchased," the consultant said.
Under the agreement the town must keep an inventory by serial number, track assignment and designate responsibility for maintenance and future replacement. The consultant said the town may not sell the radios, transfer them to another agency, or alter the programming template: "You can't sell radios. You can't transfer them to another agency... You cannot alter the programming template in the radios," the consultant said.
Council members asked about long‑term infrastructure support for the repeater towers; the consultant replied that tower upkeep remains a county responsibility while the county transitions fire communications from the VHF system to the 800 MHz system and will eventually sunset the VHF system. He also said Motorola's contract provides about 95 percent in‑county coverage but that dead zones remain.
The consultant said the county will provide training for firefighters on the new system; the fire departments will be required to send personnel to learn the new radios and procedures.
The council placed the interlocal agreement on the work session agenda for attorney review and plan approval; the consultant said the county would return the agreement to the town following county commission and council approval. The motion to proceed with the work‑session review and return of the agreement was carried.
Ending: The council directed staff to schedule the interlocal agreement for the work session with town counsel and to coordinate training dates once the agreement moves forward.
