HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-07-25 05-248 ORDERItem No. 05-248
Date: 07-25-05
Item/Subject: Order - Authorizing the City Manager to apply for up to $425,000 in funds as
partnt the Fiscal Year 2004 Department of Homeland Security Grant
Program
Responsible Department: Police
The FY04 Department of Homeland Security Grant Program has made $425,000 available to the
City of Bangor. The Police Department is preparing an application to the Maine Emergency Management
Agency (MEMA), which oversees the distribution of Mese funds. Pending approval our intent is to use the
funding to purchase a digital data recomer, unintermptible power supply, dispatch consoles, security
bollards, bullet resistant glass, and a dosed circuit television system. These Items will Improve our
communication system and provide security at the new police headquarters.
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(fRLE.) ORDER, Authorizing the City Manager to Apply for up to $425,000 in Funds
as part of the Fiscal Year 2004 Department of Homeland Security
Grant Program
By the GtyCiu lofBre Cly ofBangor.
ORDERED,
THAT the City Manager be authorized to apply for up to $425,000 in funds as part of the
Fiscal Year 2004 U.S. Department of Justice Homeland Security Grant Program for the purpose
of purchasing items to enhance security and Improve communication.
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TO: Members of the Finance Committee
FROM: Don Winslow, Chief of Police
DATE: July 14, 2005
RE: Recommendation for Homeland Security funding
The FY04 Department of Homeland Security Grant Program has made $425,000
available to the City of Bangor. The Police Department Is preparing an application to
the Maine Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), which oversees the distribution of
these funds. Pending approval our intent is to use the funding to purchase the
following items:
• Digital Data Recorder to record, store and provide for retrieval of data related to
telephone oils and adio traffic.
• UnintenrupUble Power Supply (UPS) for maintaining the integrity of electronic
equipment and data storage/retrieval devices within the Police Department
• Dispatch Consoles.
• External security bollards to protect the entrance, lobby and dispatch areas of the
Police Department.
• Bullet resistant glass to be located at all counter and transaction windows In the
lobby areas of the Police Department to protect the Staff and insure the security of
the facility.
• Closed circuit N (CCN) system for the monitoring and recording of both the
e5ctemal areas of the facility and sensitive/vulnerable areas within the facility, along
with the storage and retrieval of associated data.
Lt. Gastla and I would like to review this list of recemmendabons with the
Finance Committee before we seek approval from MEMA.
Cc: Ed Barrett, City Manager
Debbie Cyr, Finance Director
Lt Gastia, Police Department
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