Memorandum
Date: April 13, 2021
To: The Honorable Bruno Sabatier, Chairman, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Brian L. Martin, Sheriff/Coroner/OES Director
Subject: (a) Approve the purchase of Communications Equipment to be installed at various repeater sites and (b) Authorize the Sheriff or his designee to issue purchase orders to Daniel's Electronics and L3 Harris
Executive Summary: The Lake County Sheriff's Department, in coordination with the Homeland Security Anti-Terrorism Approval body, is in the process of upgrading repeater equipment at the Buckingham, Hunter and Seigler sites. It is requested this bid be awarded in two sections as we are waiting for approval from FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Association) on our Homeland Security FY19 EHP's (Environmental Historical Preservation) documents.
Funding is approved from State OES (Office of Emergency Services) for the Homeland Grants in FY18, FY19 and pending in FY20 and is allocated in the Sheriff/OES budget 2704. These upgrades will be made incrementally.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office is requesting to purchase communications equipment to update the old technology communication repeaters at two locations (Seigler Mountain & Hunter Peak) with the future plan to update the balance of existing repeater sites. The new technology repeaters will enhance current communications capabilities and infrastructure with the ability to operate under analog-digital and microwave systems. This allows multi-disciplinary/multi-jurisdictional agencies to communicate with local, state and federal agencies during routine and major events within the Lake Op Area. This purchase will include a TB9400 for the Seigler Mountain site and a TB9400 for the Hunter Peak site. Total for this purchase is $21,502.52. The State Office of Emergency Services (OES) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have approved our Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation (EHP) request and funding is...
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