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A Resolution ratifying the acceptance and execution of grant funds in the amount of $304,505.47 allocated to the Coral Gables Police Department as part of the State of Florida Enhanced 911 (E911) Board State Grant Program awarded to Miami-Dade County and the Miami-Dade Police Department, to support the replacement of the existing E911 call answering solution within the City of Coral Gables 911 Center with the AT&T E911 Call Taking System; and authorizing an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Annual Budget to recognize the grant funds as revenue and to appropriate such funds to cover the grant expenditures.
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The State of Florida Enhanced 911 (E911) Board State Grant Program awarded Miami-Dade County and the Miami-Dade Police Department grant funds in the amount of $5,760,000.00 to provide countywide E911 services. Through this grant program, the Coral Gables 911 CPE System Upgrade Project allocated funds in the amount of $304,505.47 to support the replacement of the existing E911 call answering solution within the City of Coral Gables 911 Center with the AT&T E911 Call Taking System. As the secondary organizational unit, the City of Coral Gables will implement the grant funded initiative in accordance with all requirements provided by the E911 State Grant Program.
Under Section 5.4 of the grant application, written competitive quotes from three different vendors were solicited and the E911 Board approved the funding of this project based on the selection of AT&T’s E911 Call Taking System. Pursuant to Section 2-979 of the City’s Procurement Code, the Memorandum of Understanding between Miami-Dade County, the Miami-Dade Police Department and the City of Coral Gables allows for the acquisition of AT&T’s E911 Call Taking System as part of the implementation of this project.
An amendment to the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Annual Budget is required to recognize the $304,505.47 grant funds as revenue and to appropriate such funds to cover the cost of the gr...
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