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C. 49

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Marc Shorr, Chief Information Officer
Date:	May 23, 2023

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Costa

County

Subject:

Contract with CSI Telecommunications, Inc, to provide radio licensing and microwave frequency services.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 05/23/2023

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Ken Carlson, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Marc Shorr, 608-4071
cc:	Nancy Zandonella

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: May 23, 2023
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Chief Information Officer, or designee, to execute a contract with CSI Telecommunications, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $250,000 to provide Federal Communication Commission radio licensing and microwave frequency services for the period of May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2026.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Charges for this contract are budgeted in the Telecommunications Division of the Department of Information Technology (DoIT) department and are recovered through DoIT’s billing process. (100% User Departments)

BACKGROUND:

The Department of Information Technology’s Telecommunication Division is responsible for maintaining the County’s Microwave and Public Safety Radio Systems including frequency coordination and licensing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). CSI Telecommunications, Inc. has the knowledge and expertise to act on the County’s behalf to issue license applications for new and/or renewal applications to the FCC for the Part 101 Microwave and Part 90 Land Mobile radio frequencies, and provides ongoing radio and microwave frequency performance analysis.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, the Telecommunications Division will not have the resources to interface with the FCC and without proper maintenance of these systems may leave the County's public safety radio systems vulnerable.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

None.