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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
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RESOLUTION NO. ~4~5 Q6
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE
STATE'S WIRELESS ENHANCED 911 BOARD FOR THE APPROPRIATION AND
REIMBURSEMENT OF FUNDS FOR ENHANCED 911 SERVICES FOR WIRELESS
COMMUNICATIONS
WHEREAS, the State Legislature in 2004 enacted Act 159 to amend Chapter 138 of the
Hawaii Revised Statutes, Relating to Wireless Enhanced 911 Service For Mobile Phones, for the
purpose of enabling appropriate public safety agencies to be provided with a display of a 911 caller's
identification and location regardless of the technology used to make and transmit the 911 call when
using wireless communications; and
WHEREAS, Act 159 of the 2004 Legislature established the Wireless Enhanced 911 Board
under the State Department of Accounting and General Services to administer Chapter 138, Hawaii
Revised Statutes, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the State has mandated that all Public Safety Answering Positions be able to
identify and locate cellular calls to the E911 Dispatch Centers; and
WHEREAS, the expectation is that all counties, state, and federal E911 locations subscribe to
the same software provider as a means to integrate and interoperate across the islands; and
WHEREAS, in order to meet this mandate, the County of Hawai'i's Data Systems Department,
proposes a system that will utilize Global Position System (GPS) tracking coordinates and ESRI
mapping layers to show where the caller is physically located; and
WHEREAS, this system will also have the Auto Vehicle Locator (AVL) feature that will allow
the Dispatch Centers to track emergency vehicles on a real-time basis; and
WHEREAS, the procurement, installation, and implementation of the Wireless Enhanced 911
System will be administered by the Data Systems Department and be used by the County's Fire and
Police Departments; and
WHEREAS, upon agreement with the County, the Wireless Enhanced 911 Board will provide
reimbursement to the counties for funds expended toward the reasonable costs to lease, purchase, or
maintain all necessary equipment, including hardware, software, and data base provisioning, required
to provide technical functionality for Wireless Enhanced 911 Services; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 46-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended, the Mayor may
enter into agreements on behalf of the County of Hawaii with the State of Hawaii upon the consent of
the County Council to expend or receive funds.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII,
in accordance with Section 46-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended, that the Mayor is authorized
to enter into an agreement with the Wireless Enhanced 911 Board for the installation and
implementation of the Enhanced 911 Services for Wireless Communications.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward copies of this resolution to
the Office of the Mayor, the Data Systems Department, and to the Police and Fire Departments.
Dated at xilo ,Hawaii, this 15th day of November , 2006.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUN"CY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
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vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of HoPFMANN
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