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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE DATE: September 9, 2008 Re: Comm. No. 1421/Res. No. 734-08 PLACE: Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Hotel 78-128 `Ehukai Street Kailua-Kona, Hawaii TIME: 9:12 a.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Resolution No. 734-08, reports as follows: Resolution No. 734-08, transmitted jointly with Bill No. 358 by Director of Finance William Takaba, via Communication No. 1421, dated August 27, 2008, authorizes the Office of the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the State of Hawaii Department of Defense, State Civil Defense for the Public Safety Interoperable Communications grant. The U. S. Department of Homeland Security, Preparedness Directorate, U. S. Department of Commerce, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration had jointly awarded a Public Safety Interoperable Communications Grant to the State of Hawaii. The State of Hawaii Legislature enacted Act 158, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, also cited as the Supplemental Appropriation Act of 2008, which appropriated funding for the matching requirement to that Federal grant. These funds which are being passed through the State of Hawaii Department of Defense, State Civil Defense, in the amount of $1,275,000 of Federal funds, and $300,000 of State funds. This grant is intended to provide the County of Hawaii with enhanced interoperable communications with respect to voice, data, and/or video signals. This project will add one island-wide radio channel in each of the 22 repeater sites and enhance police and fire facilities internal communications equipment, and will establish Radio over Internet Protocol at multiple points (2PSAPS), and at the County's fire and police stations and emergency operating center. It will also support enhanced data connectivity by establishing T-1 lines from the DS3 microwave links that currently support connectivity to the Hawaii County Fire and Police Departments. Mr. Quince Mento, Civil Defense Administrator, stated that the grant was issued to the State through the Department of Homeland Security, of which $1,275,000 was given to the County of Hawaii, along with the $300,000 match from the State Legislature. Mr. Mento further stated that the project will have three phases: (i) provide conduits in and out of the data system to be at full capacity; (ii) creation of a single common radio channel that all agencies will use in the event of an emergency and/or communication between departments; (iii) revamping all the dispatch consoles, Police, Fire, and Civil Defense to provide a common platform for all dispatch and communication centers use.