Resolution 1404RESOLUTION NO. 1404
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, TO SUPPORT COUNTY
FUNDING OF A NEW EMERGENCY RADIO SYSTEM
WHEREAS, the City of Edmonds serves its 41,260 residents by providing public safety
services to our community; and
WHEREAS, the safety of residents living and working in our community depends on
continuing to have reliable and effective emergency communications between police and fire
agency first responders; and
WHEREAS, SERS, the Snohomish County Emergency Radio System, has since 1999
provided a dependable and reliable 911 emergency radio service for our city's police and
firefighters, enabling them to effectively respond to emergency 911 call dispatches to respond to
our city's neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, SERS has two decades of technical expertise in developing, acquiring,
installing, operating, maintaining, and managing the countywide emergency radio system; and
WHEREAS, the SERS existing analogue, 800 MHz radio system is now outdated and
about to reach its end -of -life in 2020, compromising communications between 911 call
dispatchers and first responders; and
WHEREAS, independent expert analysis has determined that a new replacement P25
radio system, using modern digital technology, will substantially reduce risk of future failure,
and provide better audio voice quality for simulcast, two-way, interoperable emergency
communications; and
WHEREAS, other counties in our region have already taken action to fund and replace
their radio systems; and
WHEREAS, a county competitive bidding procurement process has begun to select a
qualified vendor to provide a new, countywide P25 radio system; and
WHEREAS, the preliminarily estimated cost of anew radio system, now projected at $75
million, exceeds the existing revenue and budget sources of most all local governments and
agencies within Snohomish County;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, DO RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
To support the Snohomish County government taking necessary action in 2018 to replace
the outdated SERS emergency radio system. We respectfully urge Snohomish County elected
officials to authorize sufficient funding resources to purchase, design and install the much needed
countywide P25 digital 911 emergency radio system. As elected officials of the City of
Edmonds, we are resolved to support County passage in 2018 of a measure that provides a
dedicated, countywide, equitable funding source for the new, countywide emergency 911
emergency radio system.
RESOLVED this 13th day of February, 2018.
APPROVED:
MA OR, DAVE O. EARLING
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
CI., , R < SCO ' PASSEY
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: February 9, 2018
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: February 13, 2018
RESOLUTION NO. 1404