YOU'RE READY. OKAY. OKAY NOW SHE'S TRYING TO GET. OKAY, LET'S GET GOING. LET'S DO ROLL CALL.
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OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. WAYS AND MEAN. DOCKET 2024 0655 FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. TRANSFER OF $5[Dockets]
MILLION TO 87 6087, 6495. OTHER EXPENSES. DPW EMERGENCY DISASTER WORK. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED.0620. APPROVAL OF A COMMERCIAL EMERGENCY. WORK AUTHORIZATION BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY AND SERVPRO. QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE. NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AGAINST. 0619. APPROVAL OF A PUBLIC ADJUSTER. COMPENSATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY AND NILAND GROUP. QUESTION AMANDA, CAN YOU JUST ELABORATE WHAT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET FOR WHAT WE'RE PAYING? I'M SORRY. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET. WHAT SERVICES ARE THEY PROVIDING AND HOW EXTENSIVE? SO NILAND GROUP, IT'S RICHARD SMITH THAT IS ASSIGNED TO OUR OUR MATTER IS OUR INDEPENDENT ADJUSTER. SO HE'S WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY TO ESSENTIALLY ENSURE THAT THE COUNTY GETS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT POSSIBLE IN THE CLAIM FOR THE DAMAGES, WE DON'T HAVE ANY FINAL NUMBERS YET. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THE INSURANCE COMPANY TO TREAT THIS AS A SINGLE EVENT, RATHER THAN A SEPARATE EVENT ON EACH BUILDING, SO THIS IS BEING CONSIDERED BY INSURANCE TO BE ONE SINGLE LOSS EVENT, AND WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF ASSESSING DAMAGES. CORRECT THANK YOU. AMANDA. YES AS FAR AS THE PROPERTIES, I KNOW CHRIS HAS BEEN ASKING SOME QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC. IT'S COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY, NOT PRIVATE PROPERTY. CORRECT. THIS IS JUST COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY. OKAY. MY SECOND QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE 3.5%. HOW IS THAT FACTORED IN? IS THAT TYPICAL FOR THIS KIND OF LOSS IN ADJUSTER INDUSTRY STANDARD ON A PUBLIC ADJUSTER IS USUALLY SOMEWHERE IN THE 8 TO 10% RANGE, THERE'S A STATUTORY CAP OF 12.5%, WE DID NEGOTIATE WITH MR. SMITH AND GET THEM TO AGREE TO THE 3.5%. GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE OF THE CLAIM. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LET'S CALL THE VOTE ON THIS DOCKET. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED 0630 APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HERKIMER AND ONEIDA COUNTIES. INCORPORATED TO ADMINISTER THE 2024 TORNADO RELIEF FUND. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET? NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED 0283. DFCS APPROVAL OF A RENEWAL AND AMENDMENT TO THE PURCHASE OF SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND CENTRAL NEW YORK HEALTH HOME NETWORK, INCORPORATED. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? NO QUESTIONS.
LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED. NEXT ZERO 289 APPROVAL OF A RENEWAL AND AMENDMENT TO A PURCHASE OF SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND CENTRAL NEW YORK HEALTH HOME NETWORK, INC. QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED. 290 302 93 APPROVAL OF A PURCHASE OF SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND THE YWCA OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY. QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED 0329. APPROVAL OF A PURCHASE SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, INCORPORATED. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMITTEE. NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED YES. 0335. APPROVAL OF A PURCHASE OF SERVICES.
AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INTEGRATED COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES NETWORK, INC. QUESTIONS COMMITTEE. NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
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AGING. APPROVAL OF A SERVICES. PURCHASE OF SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES IN JERSEY LAW OFFICES. QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE. NO QUESTIONS. IT'S CALLED THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED MOVING ON TO MENTAL HEALTH. RETROACTIVE APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN RENEWAL AGREEMENT. A RENEWAL BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE. NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANYBODY OPPOSED? 0530. APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF ONEIDA THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INCORPORATED ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET? NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? GOOD HEALTH. I'M TRYING. GOING TO. PLANNING ESTABLISHMENT OF CAPITAL PROJECT H PLN 136. EXIT 31. TRAFFIC STUDY. THIS IS JAMES QUESTION. GO AHEAD. JAMES, YOU WANT TO STEP UP TO THE MIC, PLEASE. SHOW OFF THAT TIE. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? TO SHOW OFF THAT TIE? YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD TIME MAYBE TO NOTE HIS PINK TIE. A LOT OF US AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE IN PINK TODAY IN SUPPORT OF CYNDI AND HER BATTLE WITH CANCER. OBVIOUSLY, WE MISS HER. WE SUPPORT HER. AND THAT'S A LITTLE WAY TO SHOW SUPPORT. THANK YOU, JAMES, AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE IN PINK TODAY. GO AHEAD JAMES. JAMES, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. THERE'S A TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT'S APPEARED ON NORTH GENESEE STREET BY THE EXIT 30. IS THIS PART OF THAT STUDY OR IS THAT IT'S NOT UNRELATED? JUST THEY HAVE MONEY. THEY DECIDE TO STOP TRAFFIC. THEY HAD MONEY THAT WAS ON AND DECIDED TO STOP TRAFFIC. YEAH THEY THEY HAD MONEY ON THE HAD MONEY THROUGH WHEREVER TO DO SOME TRAFFIC MODIFICATIONS THERE. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY CHOSE TO DO. SO IT'S PERMANENT THEN. IT IS NOT. IT'S, IT'S WHILE THEY'RE DOING BRIDGE WORK ON THE OTHER END. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU. YEP.THE ATTORNEY AND CONVENTION AND TOURISM. NOT AS FAR AS I'M AS I KNOW. NOT FROM THIS STUDY. WE'RE NOT THAT FAR YET. GEORGE, YOU SAID YOU OKAY? ANYBODY ELSE QUESTIONS FOR JAMES? LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON. STILL IN PLANNING REALM. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $415,696 TO K 8221 8221 495160. OTHER EXPENSES. GRANT FUNDED EXPENDITURES IN PLANNING. ANY QUESTIONS FOR JAMES ON THIS DOCKET? LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED LET'S MOVE ON TO 0577 NVQ APPROVAL OF A SUCCESSOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND THE MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION. I SKIPPED ONE. DID I SKIP ONE? MIKE. 672. WE'LL GO RIGHT TO THAT NEXT. THANKS, MIKE. WHAT I TOLD YOU, DON'T WORRY. NO, HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW. HE DIDN'T KNOW. SO WE'RE ON ZERO FIVE, ZERO FIVE, 77. THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO PLANNING, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? MVCC. ANY QUESTIONS? LET'S CALL THE VOTE ON THIS ONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? TIM, YOU'RE IN FAVOR? OKAY, LET'S BACK UP NOW TO. OH 672. GIVE ME ONE SECOND. OKAY YES. THIS IS A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF 415,696. HOW DID I SKIP THAT? I DIDN'T CALL THE VOTE. IT'S MY ANXIOUS TO BE HERE. I WANTED TO BE FASTER THAN MIKE. SO I TOLD YOU TO HURRY UP. I SKIPPED ONE THE OTHER DAY, REMEMBER, I MISSED DONOFRIO. I REALLY DO. I DO TOO. OKAY, LET'S KEEP GOING. IT'S GOOD. THAT'S NICE. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY, LET'S NOW GO ON DOWN TO 0386. PROBATION APPROVAL OF RAISE THE AGE GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION AND NEW YORK STATE THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
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SERVICES. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED PUBLIC WORKS APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO A ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT.AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BARTON AND LE JUDICE DPC. WE ALL HAVE SEVERAL DOCKETS WITH CONSULTING COMING UP, BUT THIS IS FIRST FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THIS COMMITTEE? NO QUESTIONS. IT'S CALLED THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED THAT PASSED. LET'S MOVE ON. 0418. APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND C.H.A. CONSULTING INC. QUESTIONS CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED OKAY. IT'S STARTING TO FIZZLE. PUBLIC WORKS AGAIN. APPROVAL OF A CHANGE.
ORDER NUMBER TWO TO AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND FISHER ASSOCIATES. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? NO QUESTIONS. IT'S CALLED TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. 0271 AIRPORT. APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER NUMBER 19 TO MASTER AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AND CNS ENGINEERS, INC. QUESTIONS ON THIS? WE GOOD ON THIS, BOB. OKAY. NO QUESTIONS. CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? APPROVAL. THIS IS ZERO FOR 28. APPROVAL OF THE TASK ORDER NUMBER 23 TO A MASTER AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTING SERVICES BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AND CNS ENGINEERING, INCORPORATED. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE? NO QUESTIONS. IT'S. CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED ZERO 528 AIRPORT APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER NUMBER 25 TO MASTER AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AND AGAIN, CNS ENGINEERING, INC. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? NOW WE'RE TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. THE COMMISSIONERS ARE HERE. APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO MASTER CONTRACT FOR GRANTS BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS ONEIDA COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH ITS STATE OF BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $9,770 TO A 1450 1452 11 OFFICE EQUIPMENT FOR ELECTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED I DIDN'T HEAR A COUPLE OF YOU PEOPLE, SO YOU GOT TO TALK UP.
WE WANT TO GET THE VOTE IN. RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. TIM, I'M LOOKING AT YOU TWO FIRST. I CAN HEAR MYSELF FIRST. ALL RIGHT. EMERGENCY SERVICES TRANSFER OF 232,000 TO A 30, 20, 3020 290. EMERGENCY SERVICES. ADMINISTRATIVE. OTHER EQUIPMENT. THIS CAME UP LAST MEETING. WITH THAT, I BELIEVE THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS. DO WE HAVE ANY ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? ANY QUESTION? ED, WHY DON'T YOU STEP UP TO THE MIC AND EXPLAIN THIS ONE? I WAS AT THE LAST MEETING IN. COULDN'T ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS, SO I FIGURE WE SAVE THEM TO HERE. BUT JUST IF YOU CAN GIVE GIVE US A BREAKDOWN ON THE OTHER EQUIPMENT ON THIS. WHAT ARE YOU ASKING? EXPLAIN THIS. YEAH YEAH, YEAH.
OKAY, WITH THIS, WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO IS. REPLACE OUR CURRENT EXPS 4000 PORTABLE RADIO FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE AND EMS WITH THIS NEXT GENERATION LTE RADIO. THIS FIRST, PARTICULAR ORDER THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IS GOING TO CONSIST OF 108 FIRE PORTABLE RADIOS AND 31 POLICE FIRE RADIOS. THAT IS DOING IS THAT IS ADDRESSING SOME OF THE AREAS, SOME OF THE AGENCIES WITHIN AREAS THAT WE HAVE SEEN, COVERAGE, NOT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, MAINLY IN-BUILDING COVERAGE, AND THEN LATER ON, ACTUALLY HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH YOU'LL BE SEEING COMING BACK, WITH A PROPOSAL FOR A PAYMENT PLAN TO PURCHASE A QUANTITY WHICH IS GOING TO REPLACE THE REMAINING PORTABLES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE FIRE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE TOTAL
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NUMBER, THE TOTAL NUMBER IS 813. TOTAL PORTABLES. THAT'S 813. TOTAL THAT WILL BE REPLACING. WE ACTUALLY HAVE ABOUT 1200 OUT THERE. THAT DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMITTEE? I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, DO DO WE HAVE A BUDGET THAT IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING SOME, SOME PRETTY HEFTY MONEY AGAIN. YEAH. WE, WE NEED THE LION'S SHARE OF THIS. FIRST ORDER IS GOING TO BE FROM OUR CIP GRANT FUNDS, WHICH IS STATE INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATION GRANT FUNDS AT $650,000 WORTH. THE 232 THAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS THE BALANCE OF WHAT WE NEEDED TO GET THAT FIRST PURCHASE OF 108, 108 FIRE AND 31 POLICE. SO THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE NEEDED THERE. WHAT WE WILL BE AND EXCUSE ME, WHAT WE WILL FUND THAT FUTURE, PURCHASE WITH WILL BE CONTINUATION OF THOSE SIG GRANT FUNDS, THROUGH A PAYMENT PLAN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, JUST LIKE WE DID WITH THE LEASE ON THE MOTOROLA RADIO SYSTEM. POWER LEASE THAT WE HAD, BUT THAT THOSE FUNDS THAT WERE BEING USED ON THE MOTOROLA POWER LEASE, THAT LEASE IS UP AT THE END OF THE YEAR. WE WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS FOR THE PORTABLE RADIOS, QUESTION. GO AHEAD. CHAD AND LET'S SUPPOSE A HYPOTHETICAL WHEREBY SOMEONE'S GOT A RADIO IN THEIR HANDS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE AT AN EMERGENCY SITUATION AND THIS INDIVIDUAL 15FT IN FRONT OF THEM NEEDS IMMEDIATE HELP. THEY PUT THE RADIO BEHIND ON SOMEONE'S VAN, THE BACK OF THE VAN, AND THEY USE BOTH HANDS TO SAVE WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE. DO THESE RADIOS HAVE A PINGER IN CASE THEY GET INADVERTENTLY LEFT SOMEWHERE? SO THAT YOU COULD TRACK THEM WHERE THEY'RE AT? OKAY, BECAUSE WITH THE PRICE OF THESE THINGS. YEAH. OKAY, GOOD, GOOD. SO YOU CAN ALWAYS, WITH THE CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY, BE VERY SIMILAR TO A CELL PHONE. YEAH. THAT'S THAT WAS MY QUESTION.THAT YOU CAN TRACK IT BECAUSE YOU'D HATE TO SEE THESE THINGS DISAPPEAR AT THE PRICE THAT THEY'RE AT. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. OH GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD GEORGE.
WHAT ARE THE GRANTING SOURCES? ARE THERE ANY SIGNS THAT SOMEONE IS CURRENTLY. OR. YEAH, I'LL BE THERE AS I SEE. GRANT WILL BE WILL COVER THE COST OF THESE OTHER RADIOS. OH, OKAY. YEAH.
IT'S THROUGH THROUGH THE PAYMENT PLAN, WHICH AGAIN HOPEFULLY WILL BE PRESENTED BY NEXT MONTH, THAT WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW WITH MOTOROLA. WHAT IS THAT ACTUALLY THE WAY THAT IT'S WORKING, THEY, THEY WE GET THE MONEY EVERY YEA. SO ACTUALLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT GOES INTO AN ACCOUNT. AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S WHAT WE DID WITH THE MOTOROLA LEASE. I WOULD PUT IT IN THE BUDGET SO THAT WE KNEW THE MONEY WAS THERE. AND THEN WHEN THE MONEY ACTUALLY COMES IN FROM. WIKI AS A FOLLOW UP TO CHAD'S, I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU IN PRESENTATION THE OTHER NIGHT SAY THAT YOU HAD THE CAPABILITY TO SHUT THE RADIO OFF TO. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH, WE CAN SHOW RADIO ON THAT IF FOR SOME REASON IT GETS IN THE HANDS OF THE WRONG PERSON, WE CAN JUST KILL IT. SO THAT ONE. CHAD, IF YOU KNOW, IF IT'S LOST AND IT FALLS, SOMEBODY'S GIVING WRONG. WHATEVER. IT'S MONITORED THROUGH THE SYSTEM. GOOD. THANK YOU. IT'S TURNED OFF INDEPENDENT WHEN IT'S OFF. I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
OKAY, SO THEY TURN IT OFF. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TURN IT BACK ON OR YOU. THAT, I DON'T KNOW, I CAN CHECK ON THAT. I DON'T BELIEVE SO AT ALL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AGAIN, THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND A LOT. YOU PROVIDED A LOT OF INFORMATION. GO AHEAD. YOU WANTED TO THERE WAS A REQUEST TO BRING ONE. SO I DID BRING ONE AND ONE AND ONE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT. OKAY A QUICK DEMO OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF WHAT IT DOES. THIS IS THE CURRENT 4000 RADIOS USING RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S POWERED OFF. IT DOES SHOW THAT THERE WAS COVERAGE WHERE WE ARE. THIS IS THE NEXT GENERATION. LTE MOTOROLA. AND THIS WILL ACTUALLY POWER UP VERY MUCH LIKE A CELL PHONE. JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK DEMONSTRATION OF KIND OF.
MANUALLY. YES. SO THAT HAIR, THAT PULLING ON THE RED LIGHT COMES ON, THAT IS AN INDICATION
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TO THE USER THAT YOU ARE OUT OF RANGE. IT WILL REPEATEDLY BEEP MOST OF THE TIME. THIS IS THE INDICATION THAT SOMEBODY WILL GET WHEN THEY ARE ACTUALLY OUT OF RANGE OF ONE OF THE TO ONE OF THE TOWERS, ONE OF THE RADIO TOWERS INDICATING THAT THEY ARE THEY DON'T HAVE COMMUNICATION.WITH THE LTE RADIO. SO I'LL KIND OF SHOW YOU WHERE IT GOES. VERY GOOD. YOU'LL SEE THAT EVERYTHING IS A BLACK BAR. AND THAT LITTLE SYMBOL RIGHT THERE IS NOT ENCASED BY ANYTHING. AS SOON AS I TAKE THE ANTENNA OFF. AND IT MAY STAY IN RANGE WITH RADIO, MINE JUST CAME ON AND IT SAYS TURNED OFF. BUT THERE'S NO BLOCK THAT WE SWITCHED OVER TO CELLULAR, SO WE DID NOT LOSE COMMUNICATION WITH THE RADIO AT ALL. IT DOES IT AUTOMATICALLY AS SOON AS YOU'RE OUT OF RADIO RANGE. OF COURSE, IT THE ANTENNA. SO IT'S NOT REALLY RECEIVING A RADIO SIGNAL TO THE CELLULAR. IT STILL HAS THAT SIGNAL ON THE RADIO. AND I CAN STILL UTILIZE THIS RADIO ANTENN, AND AS I WAS POINTING OUT HERE, IT'S HARD TO SEE, BUT JUST A SCREEN HERE THAT WILL TURN BLUE AND ONE EVENTS AND ACTUALLY THERE'S A BLUE RIBBON THAT WILL APPEAR ON THE HOME SCREEN, THAT SAYS SMART CONNECT. THAT IS AN INDICATION TO THE USER THAT IS NOW UTILIZING CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY AND THAT RADIO TECHNOLOGY. I PUT THE ANTENNA BACK ON. WE'LL TAKE A FEW MINUTES, BUT I'LL END UP DISCOVERING FOR HERSELF THAT IT ACTUALLY HAS RADIO, CONNECTIVITY ONCE AGAIN. AND AFTER A SHORT WHILE, THE SMART CONNECT WILL TURN OFF AND WE'LL GO BACK TO RADIO TECHNOLOGY. AND THIS IS GOING TO, THE WARRANTY ON THESE, I BELIEVE, ARE THREE YEARS. I REMEMBER THEY ALL FAILED. YEAH NORM, YOU HAD A QUESTION. IF YOU WANT, YOU GUYS CAN FEEL FREE TO ASK EITHER ONE OF THEM. AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE API 4001, RIGHT NOW. AND THAT IS THE NEXT ONE. WILL THE TECHNOLOGY THAT GOES IN AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE 801. RIGHT. WE KIND OF TOUCHED ON THAT THE OTHER DAY RIGHT NOW OUR PLAN IS TO ALLOW THE CURRENT AGENCIES TO CONTINUE UTILIZING THEM, AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE, WITH THE DEAL THAT WE'RE GETTING WITH MOTOROLA, THEY DIDN'T OFFER ANY TYPE OF BUYBACK OR INCENTIVE BY BUYING THOSE BACK. WE DID REACH OUT TO A RESELLER, SONY COMMUNICATIONS, WHO SELLS A LOT IN THIS AREA, TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD GIVE US FOR ONE OF OUR CURRENT OR THOUSANDS AND IT REALLY WASN'T EVEN WORTH DOING THE DEAL. SO I THINK THAT HAVING THAT ASSET WITH THE DEPARTMENT STORE REHABBING IS WORTH MORE THAN TRYING TO GET GIVING US $300 A PIECE FOR 4000, WHICH COST ANYWHERE FROM 3000 TO 3500, AND THEY RESELL THEM FROM 1800 TO 2500. SO WE'RE MAKING A PRETTY GOOD PROFIT. IF WE WERE TO SELL IT FOR 300 AND AT $300 A PIECE, IT REALLY WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL TO LEAVE THEM WITH OUR AGENCIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UTILIZING THEM AND STILL HAVE 400 OF THEM IN OPERATION. YES, YES. AND THERE WILL STILL BE A NUMBER OF THEM THAT WE'RE STILL AROUND AND DO THESE NEW LTE INTERFACE WITH THE APKS. THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER. YES. THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE. SO YOU CAN COMMUNICATE FROM FROM THE 4000 TO THE NEXT. SO IF YOU JUST IT'S JUST AN IDEA. IF YOU HAD, WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU HAD 1200 OF THE OLD ONES AND EIGHT, 13 OF THE NEW ONES GOING ON IN AN AREA THAT HAS GOOD COVERAGE WITH THE OLD RADIOS. COULD YOU NOT STILL USE THOSE? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. YEAH. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE VARIOUS AGENCIES THAT HAVE SOME OF THESE, IF THEY DON'T NECESSARILY USE FOR US, WE CAN MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO AN AGENCY THAT MAY NEED MORE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF ORCHESTRA, THAT WE'LL KIND OF LOOK TO SORT OF MOVE SOME OF THESE WHERE NECESSARY TO COVER SOME OF THE ABSENCES FOR AN AGENCY THAT DOESN'T HAVE AS MUCH MONEY AND CAN'T GO OUT AND ACTUALLY MAKE A LARGER PURCHASE, AFTER THE FACT. EXCELLENT. GOOD, GOOD. TIM, YOU GOOD. DOES THIS BEG THE QUESTION OF WHY THESE AGENCIES CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY, PERIOD. WHY YEAH.
AND. WELL, YEAH. AND WE SORT OF ASKED THAT THERE WAS THERE WAS AN APP AVAILABLE, SORT OF A PUSH TO TALK APP THAT WAS AVAILABLE ON LIKE A CELL PHONE WE WERE LOOKING INTO. AND THEY SIMPLY JUST NOT TAKEN OFF WHERE THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT WORK. SO THE TECHNOLOGY HAS KIND OF BEEN UP AND COMING FOR A WHILE NOW. AND THE ONLY TWO VENDORS RIGHT NOW THAT ACTUALLY PRODUCED A PORTABLE WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY, AND IT IS MOTOROLA AND HARRIS, ONE OF THE ISSUES, JUST SO
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EVERYBODY KNOWS IN REGARDS, BECAUSE YOU MAY HEAR THAT QUESTION COMING OUT BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ASKED FOR BY VARIOUS POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, AS CAN WE GO OUT AND BUY A DIFFERENT RADIO. THIS PARTICULAR TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO LOCK THEM INTO A MOTOROLA.THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE WE ARE PART OF THE ONONDAGA COUNTY CORE, WHICH IS THE MAIN SITE FOR THE RADIO SYSTEM WITH ALL OF OUR SHARED COUNTIES, AND THAT IS A MOTOROLA CORE. THEREFORE, THE EVEN ALTHOUGH A LMR RADIO, A REGULAR AIR RADIO WILL WORK ON IN THE SYSTEM, WE KNOW WHAT KIND IT IS. THE LTE IS PROPRIETARY. IT'S PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE AND ONLY A MOTOROLA LTE RADIO WILL WORK ON THE ONONDAGA COUNTY COURT SYSTEM. WHAT DO YOU ENVISION A DAY THAT WILL THAT SITE WILL REMAIN ENCOUNTERS WITH THE CELLULAR TOWER, A POTENTIALLY AND I THINK WITH THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, THOUGH, BEING ABLE TO SWITCH FROM ONE TO THE OTHER TO INCLUDE, AS I MENTIONED, THE OTHER DAY, WI-FI CAPABILITY. SO IF YOU HAVE LARGE BUILDINGS IN YOUR JURISDICTION, I'LL GIVE SCHOOL AS AN EXAMPLE, OR EVEN THE MALL WHERE IT HAS A WI-FI THAT IS AVAILABLE, THAT WI-FI CAN BE PROGRAMED INTO THE PORTABLE AND WHATEVER IS THE STRONGEST SIGNAL WITHIN THAT BUILDING. IT WILL PICK UP ON WHETHER IT BE YOUR AIR SIGNAL, YOUR CELLULAR SIGNAL, OR YOUR WI-FI SIGNAL. SO YES, IT'S A GUESS, BUT I WOULD SAY YES. AND I WOULD AGREE THAT I COULD SEE THIS TECHNOLOGY KIND OF TAKING OVER AND UTILIZING NOT ONLY ALL THE RADIO TOWERS THAT ARE EXISTING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, BUT ALSO ALL THE CELLULAR TOWERS, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THIS IS BASICALLY BECAUSE OF CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY AND WHERE THE COUNTRY CAN I HATE IT BACK HERE? THE POINT IS. RIGHT YEAH. SO YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO WANT TO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO GO BACK TO THE AIR. AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS RIGHT NOW. AND WE ARE DISCUSSING WITH SEVERAL AREAS OF THE COUNTY WHERE WHETHER AT&T OR HORIZON COVERAGE IS BETTER WITH AT&T RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THEY DO HAVE THE FIRST NET CONTRACT, WHICH KEEPS THAT CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY UP AND RUNNING. IF THERE IS A CATASTROPHIC TYPE OF INCIDENT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHERE FOR SOME REASON A SYSTEM IS OVERLOADED. IT ALLOWS FIRST RESPONDERS AND THOSE ON THAT FIRST NOT SYSTEM TO STAY UP AND RUNNING. SO ANY OF THESE THAT UTILIZE THE AT&T TECHNOLOGY WILL STILL STAY UP AND RUNNING, EVEN IF, VERIZON GOES DOWN. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE KIND OF DISCUSSING WITH SOME OF THE AREAS THAT PREFER VERIZON BECAUSE OF THE COVERAGE WE'RE LETTING THEM KNOW YOU'RE ROLLING THE DICE BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE YEAR YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE BETTER COVERAGE. BUT IN A CATASTROPHIC TYPE OF SITUATION, YOU COULD BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT USES YOUR CELLULAR, ABILITY ON THE PORTABLE BECAUSE IT GOES DOWN FOR VARIOUS REASONS. AND AGAIN, RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT MY INTENTION TO FORCE A PARTICULAR AREA. AND I'LL USE, QUITE FRANKLY, ORISKANY FALLS AS ONE OF THEM.
AND ORISKANY FALLS, THE VERIZON, COVERAGE SEEMS TO BE A LOT BETTER THAN AT&T, AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY'VE GOT A BRAND NEW VERIZON TOWER THAT'S BEEN BUILT DOWN THERE, RIGHT NOW. SO PROBABLY WILL BE IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO USE THE VERIZON COVERAGE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT IF IT REALLY DOES HIT THE FAN, THEY COULD POTENTIALLY BE SOMEBODY THAT USES THE CELLULAR ABILITY OF THIS PORTABLE. BUT YOU CAN REMAIN USING THE ONE.
THE RADIOS HERE CAN. KEVIN DEMONSTRATE HOW HE HOLDS IT OVER HIS HEAD? PROBABLY WORKS BETTER FOR ME THAN OTHER PEOPLE. FOR ME, FOR INSTANCE. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY, WE ACTUALLY SEE THE NECESSITY FOR SOMEBODY TO GET BACK TO WHERE THEY WANT TO GET COVERAGE. GO AHEAD, CHAIR. YOU SEE A TRAGEDY IN ORISKANY FALLS, HINGE IN PART ON GETTING WORSE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE IN THIS LITTLE BELL BELLY. COULD A PLACE NEAR THE VILLAGE ON SKYLINE DRIVE ON THE TOP OF THE HILL BE A RELAY STATION THAT WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE A HUGE TOWER, BUT JUST A WELL WITH WITH THIS, IT SOLVES THAT PROBLEM. OKAY, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF GOING BACK TO HOW WE SETTLED ON THIS. WE WERE LAST JULY WHEN THE SYSTEM WAS TURNED ON FOR THE FIRST TIME. IN THE LAST FOUR TOWERS WERE TURNED ON AND ALL THE RADIOS WENT OUT FOR THE VARIOUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS. IT WAS MY INTENTION THERE TO USE ANY OF OUR ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS TO ENHANCE THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE THAT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY PURCHASED BY DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS WHERE COVERAGE WASN'T THAT GOOD, AND WE WERE ACTUALLY LOOKING INTO BUILDING THE TOWER IN ORISKANY FALLS AND A TOWER IN VIENNA TO, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, COVERAGE ISSUES THAT WE HAD IN THOSE AREAS, BUT THAT BEING SAID, THOSE TWO TOWERS ALONE, IF WE HAD BUILT THEM, DOES NOTHING
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ELSE FOR ANY CARRIER COVERAGE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTY AND DOES NOTHING ELSE FOR ON STREET COVERAGE ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY WITH THIS RADIO AND THIS TECHNOLOGY. IT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU THE IN-BUILDING COVERAGE, AND IT GIVES YOU THE ON STREET COVERAGE THAT YOU WOULDN'T GET BY JUST BUILDING TWO TOWERS AND LOOKING AT IT AS A DOLLAR AND CENTS POINT. THOSE TWO TOWERS ALONE. AND WE WERE PLANNING ON GOING ON AN EXISTING TOWER AND NOT EVEN BUILDING OUR OWN, WAS GOING TO BE IN THE AREA OF $3 MILLION TOWERS THAT DIDN'T ACTUALLY ADDRESS IN-BUILDING COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TOWN. OR IS THIS SOLUTION EXCELLENT. THANKS MIKE. AND WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH LIGHTING AND THE OLD RADIOS AND SOME OF THE BUILDINGS. IS THAT OVERCOME WITH. YES, THAT IS OVERCOME WITH THIS FOR TWO DIFFERENT REASONS. NUMBER ONE, THAT IS THE RADIO ITSELF WITH THE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND THE IR RADIO, IS THERE CAUSED BY THE LIGHTING WITH THE CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY. ONCE AGAIN, JUST LIKE A CELL PHONE, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT SAME TYPE OF INTERFERENCE WITH THE CELL SIGNAL AS YOU DO AS A RADIO STATION. SO AGAIN, IN ALL OF THE TESTING THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR WITH DEMOS WE'VE HAD OUT THERE, THE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN GOING SPECIFICALLY TO BUILDINGS WHERE THEY KNOW THEY'VE HAD COVERAGE ISSUES. AND I WOULD I MEAN, THIS IS GUESSING, BUT AT LEAST A 96 TO 98. POSITIVE FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF SUCCESS RATE AND GOING INTO AN AREA THAT WHERE THEY VERY FIRST PLACE WE WENT WAS IN THE VILLAGE OF CAMDEN. WE WERE WE WENT TO SEVERAL BUILDINGS WITH THE POLICE CHIEF, DRYDEN, AND HE WAS RIGHT INTO THEIR MUNICIPAL BUILDING, WHERE HE HISTORICALLY NEVER HAD INTERIOR COVERAGE. IN THE 4000 HE WALKED IN, WE WALKED IN WITH THE NEXT GEN RADIO. HIS RADIO WAS GIVING HIM THAT OUT OF RANGE TONE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND AUTOMATICALLY, COMPLETELY WITHOUT MISSING A STEP. THE NEXT GEN RADIO HAD COVERAGE. NUMBER OF OTHER LOCATIONS RIGHT WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF CAMDEN AND OXFORD. AND EVERYWHERE WE WENT, WE HAD COMPANIES. IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT EVERYWHERE YOU GO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE COVERAGE, BUT IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE AREAS THAT WE'VE DONE AND THOSE. KEITH. SO IN THAT CASE IN CAMDEN AT THE POLICE STATION, BECAUSE OF THE WI-FI IN THE BUILDING, THERE ARE THERE ARE ACTUALLY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT AFFECT THAT. IT START WITH IT'S JUST BUILDING MATERIAL. SOMETIMES IF YOU'RE IN A BRICK BUILDING WITH A LOT OF STEEL IN IT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT WILL CAUSE INTERFERENCE. THEN WHEN YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS LIKE THE LIGHTS AND THEN QUITE FRANKLY, IT ALSO INCLUDES WHERE YOU'RE WEARING THIS. A LOT OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY POSE, WHERE YOU'RE WEARING IT ON YOUR BODY. WE HAD ACTUALLY DONE SOME TESTING OURSELVES WITH THE AP 4000 IN ORISKANY FALLS AND FOUND THAT IF WE HAD THIS, CLIP ON OUR ON OUR HEAD AND WE WERE JUST USING THE MICROPHONE, WE WOULD NOT HAVE COMMUNICATIONS. AS SOON AS WE TOOK IT OFF OF OUR HEAD AND USED IT LIKE THIS. WE HAD COMMUNICATION. SO SOMETHING AS SMALL AS THAT FOR THE AIR TYPE OF COMMUNICATION ON THE RADIO COULD AFFECT THAT, WHEREAS WITH THE CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY, WHEN IT AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHES OVER, THERE'S NOTHING THAT THE USER HAS TO DO. WE DON'T HAVE TO SWITCH A KNOB. YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUSH A BUTTON. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SCROLL THROUGH A SCREEN. IT AUTOMATICALLY DETECTS WHETHER OR NOT IT HAS RADIO COVERAGE. AND IF IT DOESN'T, IT SWITCHES OVER TO THE CELLULAR COVERAGE. NOW IT'S A MANUAL PROCESS TO LOG IN THE WI-FI SETTINGS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT WI-FI. BUT ANY JURISDICTION JURISDICTION, ANYBODY THAT HAS A LARGE BUILDING WHERE YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HAD COVERAGE PROBLEMS, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE IT WITH THE CELLULAR AND YOU WANT TO PROGRAM THAT IN, YOU THEN HAVE THAT ABILITY TO HAVE THE WI-FI USAGE ON. YOU KNOW, CAN CAUSE POWER OUTAGE AND THINGS. LIKE THAT AND SEE WHAT'S WORKING QUITE WELL. AND I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, IN THAT SITUATION AND I WILL SAY ONE OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT WE WENT INTO WAS CAMDEN HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE WE HAD HAD SOME REPORTS ON THE FIRE SIDE OF IT THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE RTX 4000, BUT ODDLY ENOUGH, WE WALKED THROUGH WITH THE CHIEF WITHIN RTX 4000 AND NEVER LOST COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE WHOLE SYSTEM. WITH THE NEXT GEN RADIO, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE IT. AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THE NEXT GEN RADIO TWO THAT WE SEEM TO HAVE SEEN A LITTLE BIT. IS IT ACTUALLY HAS EVEN A LITTLE BIT BETTER RADIO OR RADIO PROPERTY THAN THE 4000. SO THAT ALSO IS IMPROVED ALONG WITH THE WI-FI AND CELLULAR. GO AHEAD WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY. RATHER THAN GOING AUTOMATIC. YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY WE'RE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. IT'S NOT OFFERED IN A MOBILE RADIO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT'S REALLY BECAUSE I THINK BECAUSE THE COVERAGE IS THERE. SO IF YOU[00:35:01]
HAVE A PORTABLE RADIO, BUT I THINK IT'S COMING, I THINK YOU REALLY HAVE TO DO IS TAKE THE SAME TECHNOLOGY THAT A SIM CARD IN, IN THE SAME FACTS. BUT AND I THINK I GOT MY ANSWER EARLIER ON, AS FAR AS MOTOROLA. SO WE'RE PART OF THAT CONSORTIUM WITH ONONDAGA AND 3 OR 4 OTHER COUNTIES. SO WE REALLY COULDN'T DEVIATE FROM MOTOROLA BECAUSE OF THE CONSORTIUM AND WHAT THEY HAVE, BECAUSE THE ONONDAGA, COUNTY CORK, IT COULD BE DONE. BUT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A SECONDARY CORE AND THEN SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS. AND UNLESS WE HAD EVERYBODY ELSE, ALL OF THE OTHER, COUNTIES WITHIN THE CONSORTIUM AGREED TO PUT IN WITH THAT, AND THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US RIGHT NOW IS THE ABILITY TO USE HARRIS RADIOS. AND THEY ARE THE ONLY OTHER COMPANY RIGHT NOW THAT OFFERS THE LTE TECHNOLOGY. OKAY SO THESE ARE NEXT GENERATION AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE PAYING FOR THE TECHNOLOGY INSTEAD OF 3700. I THINK YOU SAID IT WAS 5700 HUNDRED FOR FIRE RADIO AND ABOUT 6100 FOR 6100. YEAH, JUST I CAN GIVE THE EXACT FIGURE I DO HAVE, BUT THAT'S ROUNDED. IT'S RIGHT AROUND THAT. BUT WE HEARD ABOUT NEXT GENERATION PROBABLY A DECADE AGO FOR 711. YEAH. KEVIN REVERE BUT I KNOW KEVIN PROMISED ONCE WE GOT NEXT GENERATION WE'D BE ABLE TO SEND PICTURES. IS THAT THE CASE WITH THESE? THIS? NO, NO, NOT WITH THE PORTABLES.THIS THIS NEXT GEN 911 CELL PHONES, 901. OKAY SO THESE CAN'T SEND ACTUAL PICTURES. THIS IS THIS IS JUST COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG ROAD WITH I MEAN KEVIN'S BEEN A BIG PART OF IT. AND HUGE EXPENDITURES. HONESTLY, I THOUGHT WITH THE LAST TOWERS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN OUR LAST BIG EXPENDITURE. BUT BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE STILL GOT TO SPEND QUITE A BIT MORE, MORE MONEY ON AGAIN. AND THE QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING FOR TOO, IS WITH THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY, IN TERMS OF BUILDING NEW TOWERS, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK I'M DEFINITELY NOT AN EXPERT IN THE AREA, BUT I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT WE WOULD BE OUT OF THE BUSINESS OF BUILDING, PURCHASING AND BUILDING RADIO TOWERS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE NOT ONLY WITH OUR EXISTING TOWERS, BUT WITH THE USE OF CELLULAR TOWERS. NOW, WE SHOULD FIND COVERAGE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. AND EVEN FROM AN INDUSTRY STANDARD WHERE THIS GOES FROM HERE, HOPEFULLY IT EVEN GETS BETTER BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, THE CELLULAR COMPANIES THEMSELVES CONTINUE TO LOOK AND BUILD MORE TOWERS. AND THAT GOES RADIO. THIS MORNING THERE WAS A BAND AND THE VARIOUS ISSUES WITH CELL PHONES AND GETTING BETTER COVERAGE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO FROM AN INDUSTRY STANDPOINT, WE KNOW THEY'RE LOOKING TO GET BETTER, AND THAT'S ONLY GOING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR US IN THE LONG. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LET'S CALL THE VOTE ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. OPPOSED. 0457 DISTRICT ATTORNEY APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS 416. OH, WE DIDN'T VOTE. YES. OH. I'M SORRY. OKAY. 0416 EMERGENCY SERVICE APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT AWARD BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CAPITAL PROJECT H. EMG 135 EMERGENCY SERVICES, NEW YORK STATE DCJS LEC TECH GRANT AWARD. AGAIN, THIS WAS COVERED LAST WEEK IN COMMITTEE. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED NOW WE'LL GO ON TO 0457 DISTRICT ATTORNEY APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES. AND WE DID HAVE AN EXPLANATION, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR DOCKET? BECAUSE I ACTUALLY I DI.
HI THERE. GOOD AFTERNOON, AND I DID HEAR A FEW QUESTIONS AND EXPLANATIONS. CAN YOU GIVE US A QUICK SYNOPSIS OF WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT THIS DOES? YES. SO IT'S TECHNOLOGY, THEY HAVE MICROPHONES THAT ARE STATIONED ALL AROUND THE CITY, A TWO BLOCK, A TWO MILE RADIUS, THAT DETECTS GUN GUNSHOTS, SPECIFIC, AND THEN THEY HAVE A PEER REVIEW, THAT GETS SENT AND
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WITHIN 45 SECONDS OF THE SOUND, COMING OUT, THEY ARE ABLE TO PUSH OUT A NOTIFICATION TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT IT WAS, IN FACT, A GUNSHOT. AND IF IT'S NOT THEY THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT ANYTHING WAS BROUGHT. IT'S AN 80. 80 FOOT RADIUS THAT IT'LL IT'LL PINPOINT, SO IT'LL SEND POLICE TO THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE THEY BELIEVE A GUNSHOT, WAS WAS PERFORMED, WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY ALLEVIATE WHAT I FOUND IS, A LOT OF THE POLICE WORK TRYING TO LOCATE CASINGS FROM A SHOT, TAKES A LOT OF TIME. AND NOT A LOT OF SPECIFICITY. WHEN IT'S A 911 CALL AS TO WHAT AREA SHOULD BE BEING LOOKED AT, AND THIS IS GOING TO LOCATE WITHIN AN 80 FOOT DIAMETER, RADIUS WHERE THESE SHOULD WHERE THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR THESE SHELL CASINGS. SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET MORE EVIDENCE AND MORE CONFIRMATION OF, OF SHOTS FIRED IN THE AREA. SO THIS IS NOT NEW TECHNOLOGY. IT'S BEEN OUT THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. IT'S BEEN BEEN UTILIZED IN MONROE COUNTY, ONONDAGA COUNTY, WITH GREAT SUCCESS WITH THE NEW YORK STATE POLICE. I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH TODD GRANT WITH THE NEW YORK STATE POLICE, WHO ACTUALLY BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION, SAID THIS WOULD BE A GREAT RESOURCE FOR ONEIDA COUNTY. SO MY UNDERSTANDING, SOME CITIES ARE MOVING AWAY FROM FROM THIS. SO I YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RATIONALE IS FOR THAT, WE'RE DOING IT ON A ONE YEAR TRIAL BASIS TO DETERMINE WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OUR GIFT STATISTICS, WE KNOW HOW MANY SHOTS FIRED CALLS, UTICA POLICE HAVE BEEN SUMMONED TO. AND A LOT OF THOSE ARE UNCONFIRMED. IF THEY CAN'T FIND ANY INDICIA OF CASINGS OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCE, WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO SEE IF THAT INDICATION IS A REALITY, AND IF THEY ARE BEING SUMMONED TO, AREAS WHERE THERE HAVEN'T BEEN SHOTS FIRED OR IF WE CAN, WITH THAT 80 FOOT RADIUS, FIND EVIDENCE MUCH, MUCH QUICKER AND CONFIRM THAT THERE WAS, IN FACT, A SHOTS FIRED CALL. SO TRIAL RUN FOR A YEAR. YES YES. AND IT'S BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE GIVE GRANT AS WELL, SO WE HAD MONEY IN THE GIVE GRANT THAT I FELT WOULD BE BEST UTILIZED TO ATTEMPT TO, TO UTILIZE THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SEE IF IT WOULD BEAR ANY FRUIT. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU SAY IT'S A TWO MILE RADIUS, THAT IT'S COVERING. AND WE'RE UTILIZING OUR, HOTSPOT LOCATIONS TO, TO MAKE THAT MAKE THAT MAP TO, TO DO IT. SO GO AHEAD, TIM. IS IT MOBILE? SOMETHING LIKE HOTSPOT FOR THIS AREA. AND HOW QUICKLY COULD YOU. SO, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS CONTRACTUALLY WE ARE BOUND BY THE RADIUS IN WHICH THEY'VE SET UP. AND IF WE DETERMINE THAT IN YEARS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'VE WE'VE ACTUALLY CHANGED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES AS TO WHERE WE WANT THIS LOCATED, SO I THINK IN THE FUTURE WE COULD IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD, WE COULD CHANGE THAT LOCATION, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THIS YEAR, IT'S, IT'S THIS SPECIFIC TWO MILE RADIUS.SO. EXPAND THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO TRAINING IT OFF EACH OTHER. THEY ALL NEED A SPACE. SO THE WAY THEY DO IT, IT'S ALL KIND OF INTERCONNECTED. SO THE WAY YOU HAVE TO DO IT, IT HAS IT WOULD NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE CONNECTED TO THE TWO MILES AND THEY WOULD JUST EXPAND IT. THEY COULD DO THREE MILES, THEY COULD DO FOUR MILES. IT'S JUST THAT THE COST INCREASES WITH THAT. SO ANYBODY ELSE THANKS TODD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE AYE. OPPOSED. LET'S MOVE ON TO 0675 COUNTY EXECUTIVE MODIFICATION OF GRANTS TO CERTAIN PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE UNITED STATES TREASURY THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021. QUESTIONS COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS HERE. I KNOW, IT'S CALLED A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSE. 0696 APPROVAL OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE UNITED STATES TREASURY THROUGH ITS AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021. COUNTY EXECUTIVE COULD. THERE MIGHT BE SOME QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE. MIKE, COULD YOU READ WHAT THE LATEST ADDITIONS? IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND READING WHAT THE PROJECTS ARE AND THE AMOUNT,
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AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO THE PROJECTS. YOU CAN GET THEM ANSWERED. SO IT IS PROJECT ONE IS ASBESTOS CONTROLLED VARIANCE DEMOLITION OF THE FORMER POWERHOUSE BUILDING LOCATED AT THE MAIN DISTRIBUTION FACILITY AT 1301 BROAD STREET. THAT'S A REQUEST OF 250,000. THE GUARDIANS OF FREEDOM MEMORIAL IS REQUESTING FUNDS TO COMPLETE A GRANITE SERVICE MEMORIAL WALL THAT IS PLANNED TO EXIT 30IN THE VILLAGE OF HERKIMER, THE WALL WILL BE SPLIT 20FT IN LENGTH AND FOUR FEET IN HEIGHT. THE TOTAL COST OF THE WALL IS 22,000, AND IT'S BEING SPLIT BETWEEN ONEIDA AND HERKIMER COUNTY FOR A TOTAL REQUEST FROM ONEIDA COUNTY OF 11, THE JACK BOYNTON COMMUNITY POOL IN CLINTON, A REQUEST OF $20,000 FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A POOL HEATER, THE UTICA MANNERCHOR, $50,000 TO OVERHAUL ITS OUTDATED ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEN THE CLINTON EARLY LEARNING CENTER, HAS REQUESTED FUNDING TO HELP ITS CONTINUED TWO PROGRAMS FOR PRESCHOOL AND SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN, THAT PROVIDE MORNING CARE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE, THE REQUEST IS FOR $50,000, AND IT WILL BE MATCHED BY HAMILTON COLLEGE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE THE PROJECTS AND IN FRONT OF US IN THIS RESOLUTION, ARE THERE QUESTIONS FROM FROM COMMITTEE ON ANY OF THESE PROJECTS FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE? NO QUESTIONS.GOOD TO GO, TONY. IT'S CALLED VOTE ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. OPPOSED THAT'S IT MIKE. RIGHT. MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR
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