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Harry Kim} L William Takaba
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County of Hawaii
Finance Department
25 Aupunf Street. Room 118 • Hdo. Hawaii 96720
(808) 961-8234 Fax(808)961-8248
October 16, 2006
Stacy K. Higa, Chairman and
Members of the Hawai'i County Council "
Hawai'i County Council
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawai'i 96720
Re: Operating Budget
The State Legislature in 2004 enacted Act 159, to amend Chapter 138 of the Hawai'i 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. The State has mandated that all Public Safety Answering
Positions be able to identify and locate cellular calls to the E911 Dispatch Centers and 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. Act 159 also established
the Wireless Enhanced 911 Board under the State Department of Accounting and General
Services to administer the amended Chapter 138 of the Hawai'i Revised Statutes.
The procurement, installation, and implementation of the County of Hawai'i's Wireless Enhanced
911 System will be administered by the Data Systems Department and will be used by the
County's Fire and Police Departments. Upon agreement with the County, the Wireless Enhanced
911 Board will provide reimbursement 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.
Enclosed is a resolution to authorize the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the State's
Wireless Enhanced 911 Board for the appropriation and reimbursement of funds for the
Enhanced 911 Systems for Wireless Communications.
Also enclosed is a bill for an ordinance amending the Operating Budget by appropriating
$350,000, the anticipated costs of this project, to the Wireless E911 System account.
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Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
Stacy K. Higa, Chairman and
Members of the Hawai'i County Council
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October 16, 2006
If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to call the Data Systems Department.
ao William Takaba
Director of Finance
APPROVED:
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Harry Kim
Mayor
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cc: Data Systems
Form B-52
7/18/91
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
DEPARTMENT: Data Systems Department DATE: 10/09/06
STAFF CONTACT: Clayton Yugawa PHONE: x8400
A. REQUEST:
Request a resolution authorizing the 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.
Request a bill for an ordinance to appropriate $350,000 for the County's Wireless E911 system. This will
cover the expenses for the Wireless E911 system being provided and reimbursed by the Wireless Enhanced
911 Board. This equipment will be used by the Police and Fire Dispatch Centers to assist in the location of
the Cellular E911 Calls.
B. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION (USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS AS NEEDED):
The state has mandated that all Public Safety Answering Positions be able to identify and locate cellular calls
to the E911 Dispatch Centers. 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.
The proposed system will utilize Global Position System tracking (GPS) coordinates and ESRI Mapping
layers to show where the caller is physically located.
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.
The State's Wireless Enhanced 911 Board will reimburse the County's for the resaonable costs to lease,
purchase, or maintain all necessary equipment, including hardware, software, and data base positioning,
required to provide technical functionality for Wireless E911 services.
SIGNED: DATE: 10 /13/
Depar ment Head