I made my previous assumption from third party statements. Then the placement of towers made sense as to why they are possible going with StarCom21. EDACS is EOL 2017 with RACOM.
Furthermore, I found this:
Director of Emergency Communications and Emergency
Management Matt Shook and
Motorola Project Manager Nellys Flores updated the
Board on the MUSCOM P25
Project. Shook stated the project is on budget and
on schedule. Shook asked the Board
for direction concerning some non-contract expenses
. Shook stated the expenses are
within the budget and gave the Board a detailed exp
lanation of each cost estimate. Shook
stated activation of the P25 system is planned for
mid-January, barring any weather
delays concerning the antenna array installation.
Board consensus was to allow Shook to
proceed with the non-contract expenses per the esti
mates listed on the report.
Furthermore,
Discussion was held with Emergency Manage
r Matt Shook regarding a contract for a
Motorola P25 Emergency Communication Sy
stem. Shook stated the MUSCOM User
group and MUSCOM Board both voted unanimous
ly to purchase the Motorola system.
Shook stated the new system w
ill be installed in the base
ment of the Public Safety
Building with a switch over date to move fr
om the old system upstairs to the new system
in the basement. Shook stated the final phase will be the purchase of radios. Motorola
Representative Scott Schultz stated the cont
ract includes three ne
w sites and four new
dispatch consoles at a tota
l cost of $1,687,961. Bonebrake stat
ed he is confident they
have the information needed to move forwar
d with Motorola and Starcom. Sauer stated
he believes the whole project will come in well under the not to exceed number and the
new towers will provide good coverage. Schultz
stated the contract provides a coverage
guarantee. On a motion by Howa
rd, second by Sauer, the Chairperson was authorized to
execute a contract with Motorola Solutions
for a P25 Emergency Communication System
in the amount of $1,687,961, subject to review
of the contract by the County Attorney
Are they still joining StarCom21 or not?
Tim