It is recommended that the City Council:

1.  Authorize the acceptance of funds from Tarrant County 9-1-1 District in the amount up to $657,013.00 for the Fiscal Year 2016 Radio Assistance Program;

2.  Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the Public Safety Technology Programmable Project in the IT Capital Projects Fund in the amount up to $446,688.00; and

3.  Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the General Debt Fund in the amount up to $210,325.00.

The Tarrant County 9-1-1 District (District) has established a Radio Assistance Program to reimburse applicants for qualifying expenses related to public safety radio system upgrades.  This program requires applicants to demonstrate that they have an interoperability plan utilizing the Department of Homeland Security guidelines and each applicant must certify that its request improves the ability to communicate with neighboring jurisdictions.  All approved expenses must facilitate regional communications interoperability.

Staff submitted a reimbursement application for the Fiscal Year 2016 Tarrant County 9-1-1 Radio Assistance Program which was approved by the District's Board of Managers on June 20, 2016, as being in accordance with the program.  Staff submitted the final reimbursement documentation and the District will be releasing the reimbursement funds to the City.  Upon receipt, Staff recommends these funds be received in the programmable Public Safety IT Improvements Project of the IT Capital Projects Fund to pay for the public safety improvements and General Debt Service Fund to pay for the 2012 Certificates of Obligation we issued for the 9-1-1 consoles.  The 9-1-1 tower debt is currently serviced by the Crime Control and Prevention District for public safety use and the General Debt Service Fund for general government use.

This M&C does not request approval of a contract with a business entity.