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Town of Okotoks
2010 Budget
Project Detail
Project Name: Radio Communications
Project Number: 23006
Project Costs: $48,740
Funding Sources: General Recap Reserve $7,940
Municipal Sustainability Initiative Op $40,800
Council Strategic Direction:
Provide a safe community – Maintaining Public Safety and security is integral to
the quality of life for our residents, as provided through resources that focus on
strategic prevention activities and timely emergency services.
Project Description:
This project would be to upgrade from an analog communications system to a
digital communications system. With the current system we are presently using
we experience partial conversations, dead spots and an inability to contact
dispatch in certain areas.
Project Scope:
The digital radio gives extended coverage and strong security. Digital trunking
technology operates on a similar protocol as the digital cell phone system. The
system automatically determines the best site to register a mobile unit while
travelling through the network. The digital system has the ability to communicate
with other radio systems like the proposed First Responders province wide
upgrade.
The proposed system supports both digital and analog radio systems by common
transceiver technology. This will allow the Okotoks Department to communicate
with other fire departments that are not using the digital technology.
The new system will include:
45 Kenwood digital portable radios NX200 @ $928 each $41,760
10 Kenwood digital mobile radios NX700K @ $698 each $6,980
Total $48,740
