The Council of the United Counties of Prescott and Russell met on March 21, 2017, in the
Counties’ Administration Building in L'Orignal to attend an information session on
communication infrastructure system by Turris Communications.
WARDEN’S WELCOME AND ROLL CALL
At 9:15 a.m. Warden Gary J. Barton called the meeting to order.
Were present: Warden Gary J. Barton, Jeanne Charlebois, Guy Desjardins, Robert Kirby,
Fernand Dicaire, Conrad Lamadeleine, Pierre Leroux and François St-Amour, Council
Members.
Also present: Stéphane P. Parisien CAO, Michel Chrétien, Marc Clermont, Pierre Gauthier,
Justin Bromberg and Andrée Latreille, Clerk
Anie Vigliotti, Sal Hussary and Dan Lafrance, Turris Communications’ Representatives
Fire Chiefs, some Chief Administrative Officers of local municipalities
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Madam Aline Vigliotti, Project Manager at Turris Communications gave a copy of her
PowerPoint presentation. She presented the “Motorola Connect Plus Managed system”,
discussed the current issues with the actual system, their system features, and pricing
structure in three parts 1) infrastructure, maintenance, airtime; 2) user gear; and 3) paging
option. Mrs. Vigliotti, Mr. Hussary and Mr. Lafrance answered questions from Members and
attending fire chiefs.
The discussions also involved the reasons for sole sourcing, the need to clarify the costs for
each municipality and the importance of having liability insurance to indemnify the
municipalities in the event of a system disaster. At the Council’s request, fire chiefs will have
to send their user gear data so that Turris calculate the actual costs per municipality, and
time is of the essence.
ADJOURNMENT
061… Moved by Pierre Leroux
Seconded by Robert Kirby
BE IT RESOLVED that Council adjourned the Special Council Meeting at 10:30 a.m.
Carried