Resolution Approving an MOU with Dallas County Emergency Management Commission for the…

More from the record

Recorded in the minutes as: “1. Resolution Approving an MOU with Dallas County Emergency Management Commission for the participation in the Outdoor Warning Siren Replacement Program. Motion: Moved by Mahler, seconded by Andorf approving the MOU with Dallas County Emergency Management Commission for the participation in the Outdoor Warning Siren Replacement Program. Dallas County Emergency Management Commission through the Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant Program secured funding for replacement of fifteen existing outdoor warning sirens with thirteen new sirens which is intended to replace obsolete and unreliable equipment, improve warning coverage and reliability, reduce activation delays, and provide two-way communications and remote operational- status capabilities throughout Dallas County. Through such program the City of Perry was eligible for three replacement sirens. In order to be part of the program the City needed to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding Agreement with Dallas County Emergency Management Commission which acknowledged the financial commitments, coordination requirements, ownership provisions and long-term obligations related to the replacement of outdoor warning sirens through the Dallas County Outdoor Warning Siren Replacement Program. The estimated cost share for the replacement of three sirens was $25,779.00, which would come from the Local Option Sales Tax Fund balance. The City may also request that the replacement equipment be connected to existing utility infrastructure, at the City’s expense. This resolution approves such an MOU with Dallas County Emergency Management Commission for the Dallas County Outdoor Warning Siren Replacement Program and authorizes the cost share, along with the option to possibly connect the new equipment to existing utility infrastructure, if so desired. Sven showed Council the coverage area and informed the public that there will no longer be a siren test at noon on Saturdays. Testing will now take place on Tuesdays and there will be no siren blast during the testing”.

Motion as recorded: “Moved by Mahler, seconded by Andorf approving the MOU with Dallas County Emergency Management Commission for the participation in the Outdoor Warning Siren Replacement Program. Dallas County Emergency Management Commission through the Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant Program secured funding for replacement of fifteen existing outdoor warning sirens with thirteen new sirens which is intended to replace obsolete and unreliable equipment, improve warning coverage and reliability, reduce activation delays, and provide two-way communications and remote operational- status capabilities throughout Dallas County. Through such program the City of Perry was eligible for three replacement sirens. In order to be part of the program the City needed to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding Agreement with Dallas County Emergency Management Commission which acknowledged the financial commitments, coordination requirements, ownership provisions and long-term obligations related to the replacement of outdoor warning sirens through the Dallas County Outdoor Warning Siren Replacement Program. The estimated cost share for the replacement of three sirens was $25,779.00, which would come from the Local Option Sales Tax Fund balance. The City may also request that the replacement equipment be connected to existing utility infrastructure, at the City’s expense. This resolution approves such an MOU with Dallas County Emergency Management Commission for the Dallas County Outdoor Warning Siren Replacement Program and authorizes the cost share, along with the option to possibly connect the new equipment to existing utility infrastructure, if so desired. Sven showed Council the coverage area and informed the public that there will no longer be a siren test at noon on Saturdays. Testing will now take place on Tuesdays and there will be no siren blast during the testing”.

The minutes give only the count (unanimously), so individual votes are Not in the record. Vote line as printed: “Motion carried unanimously.”.