Summit New Freqs

[Tac-1]

Summit PD is simulcasting on 476.0375 PL 82,5 conventional mode this is one of the freqs listed for there TRS

No control channel found

TRS License

476.0375
476.1375
476.1625
476.1875

 

[Tac-1]

Anyone have Intel on what type of system this will be and what agency beside PD that will using it

 

[lt307]

New Regional Dispatch Center

There has been talk of Summit, New Providence, & Berkeley Heights going into a joint dispatch agreement with the Union County PD to do their 911 dispatch, etc. This might be the beginning of that.

 

[Analogrules]

So far, I'm only hearing the first frequency (476.0375) being used and it doesn't sound like a TRS system to me. All transmissions and replies are on same frequency. When exactly will the new system be put in place?

 

[lt307]

Regional Dispatch Center

According to press accounts Summit, New Providence, & Berkeley Heights will all dispatch from a communications center to be housed in New Providence. The center and radio system are to be up and running by September, 2011.

 

[lt307]

Joint Dispatch Center

SUMMIT — The biggest chunk in the city’s $8.6 million, five-year capital plan is slated for a joint dispatch center for the police and fire departments of Summit, New Providence and Berkeley Heights.

The city has allocated $3 million for the project, with $1 million of that amount to come from a federal government grant. However, authorities do not know what form a joint dispatch center might take; when it might happen; how much it would cost, or how much it could save.

“This is the largest single expense in the capital budget,” Finance Chairman Rich Madden said. Currently, however, New Providence and Berkeley Heights are discussing a merger of their police departments. “It’s probably a very good thing,” he said of the merger, but added “there are too many balls in the air” to determine just when a joint dispatch would actually occur. He anticipates it could be “a couple of years” before a joint dispatch would be in place.

Summit officials emphasized that including a project in a five-year capital plan is a far cry from approving those funds to be spent.

Madden said he would like to see just how much the other two communities will contribute to the project before committing the funds.

“We don’t as yet know the total costs,” City Administrator Christopher Cotter confirmed. “We will not be allocating those funds until those numbers are known.”

The driving force behind consolidation is cost reduction. The joint dispatch could potentially reap large savings for each participating community, with officials projecting as much as $250,000 by eliminating equipment duplication.

Currently the three communities have a total of 19 dispatchers – 10 in Summit, 5 in Berkeley Heights and 4 in New Providence.

A study to initiate the shared service was funded by a Union County grant during the last year. One aspect of the emergency dispatch service involved deciding on a dedicated facility, which has been identified as existing space within the New Providence Municipal Building which was recently vacated by the Rescue Squad. Other considerations include developing a consolidated radio system and determining responsibility for management. Also under discussion is the potential for revenue by adding more municipalities to the dispatch plan.

But safety issues have become an even greater priority, especially since the slaying of city resident Abelino Mazariego in The Promenade in downtown Summit. Madden said he has recommended the acquisition of surveillance cameras. “It’s not in the capital budget,” he said, but added that just the threat of surveillance “could compel people to act differently.” The councilman said that merchants he has talked to in the downtown, even before the most recent tragedy, were concerned about security issues.

A joint, closed-door meeting of police and Common Council has been scheduled for Monday evening, Aug. 16. It is expected that a number of issues will be discussed, such as police overtime, street patrols and duty schedules. A regular Common Council meeting is not scheduled until Sept. 7, but it’s possible that a public forum will be held before then.

 

[rr60]

FCC Change in Pending Trunked

I was browsing FCC files. I see Summit is no longer pursuing Trunking and now wants Conventional freqs to serve as regional PSAP. New TX site too.

WAIVER PETITION OF THE CITY OF SUMMIT, NEW JEREY
The City of Summit, New Jersey (Summit) submits Form 601 to modify its license
WQDR 764. It asks that the radio service associated with the license be changed from YW
(trunked) to PW (conventional) mode. It also asks that it be permitted to transmit from a new
location, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, New Jersey, referred to as the Alcatel
Lucent/Murray Hill site. Summit presents a petition asking that the Commission waive any rules
that would preclude the proposed modifications. 1
The modifications will allow Summit to improve the quality of communications within
the service area of the new network and to expand interoperability with the surrounding
municipalities of New Providence, Berkeley Heights and the fire services of the Township of
Millburn. The network will provide communications for the area’s new consolidated public
safety answering point (PSAP). The network’s radio channels is comprised of Part 22
frequencies assigned to Summit for land mobile use in 2005.
Summit asks the Commission to examine this request under Section 1.925 of its rules
addressing waivers; the proposed modifications are detailed on Form 601. Specifically, it asks
that the waiver of Section 20.9(a)(6), Section 22.621, which designate these channels as part of
the Paging and Radio Telephone Service and Section 22. 623(b), which establishes particular
configuration formats, be continued so that the channels can operate under Part 90 of the
Commission’s Rules, Subpart L. Summit also asks for a waiver of section 90.307(d). It presents
these requests in the context of being permitted to transmit at the Alcatel Lucent/Murray Hill
location.
Background
On October 13, 2005, the Commission approved Summit’s application and waiver to
obtain the use of unassigned Part 22 paging control spectrum in the 470-512 MHz band and to
operate on four frequency pair, 476/479.0375, 476/479.1375, 476/479,1875 and 476/479.2125
MHz.2
On June 25, 2010, the Commission approved Summit’s request to surrender
476/479.2125 MHz. This action was undertaken to clear an interference situation involving
Westchester County, New York, and in return be assigned use of 476/479.1625 MHz, which had
been previously designated for point-to-point use under Part 22 of its rules.3 The Commission
1 Summit’s previous application proposing the same modifications, File No. 0004512973, was dismissed. The
dismissal letter stated that Summit requires a waiver of the frequency table to use the Part 22 channels in the land
mobile service and a waiver of section 90.307(d) of the Commission’s rules with regard to the Alcatel
Lucent/Murray Hill site. While Summit submitted a Petition for Reconsideration of the dismissal, it asks the
Commission to consider this application as a response to the dismissal letter.
2 In the Matter of the City of Summit, Order, DA 05-2685, File No. 0001869696 (October 13, 2005).
3 In the Matter of the City of Summit, Order, DA 10-1172, File No. 0003734540 (June 25, 2010).