78-5923R34
RESOLUTION NO. 5923
RESOLUTION INDICATING SUPPORT FOR H . E . C .O . PARTICIPATION
WHEREAS, the City of Richfield, Minnesota .has committed itself to the
goal of improving public safety dispatching in Hennepin County by participating
as a member of the Hennepin Emergency Communications Organization; and
WHEREAS, the Hennepin Emergency Communications Organization (HECO)
resulted from, among other things, a realization that effective public safety
dispatching in Hennepin County requires the re-allocation and sharing of the
limited number of radio frequencies which are available to public safety agencies;
and
WHEREAS, the command and control of public safety and emergency service
agencies should remain with the chief or the. director of such agency; and
WHEREAS, it is feasible and practical to reduce the number of public safety
dispatching facilities which serve the residents of Hennepin County; and
WHEREAS, the development of a consolidated dispatching facility will
require several years to complete and such a complex development process may
require intermediate stages of consolidation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Richfield, Minnesota
does hereby pledge. the following radio frequencies to HECO:
155.790 KHz Main Police Dispatch Frequency
154.205 KHz Main Fire Dispatch Frequency
and will assign these frequencies to HECO at such time as they are needed to
implement the consolidation plans as approved by the HECO Board of Directors .
The City will take the actions necessary to transfer the FCC operating license
to HECO on or before the date the frequency will be used by HECO and on the .
date of the license transfer the City will relinquish all rights to the use of such
radio frequencies except as specifically authorized by HECO.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this pledge and the ultimate transfer of the
frequency license to HECO are conditioned upon HECO members pledging a
sufficient number of radio frequencies to HECO to be able to implement the
consolidation plan. If, for any reason, a consolidation plan is not adopted by
the HECO Board of Directors by-April 1, 1979, or an adopted plan cannot be or
is not implemented and an alternative plan is not approved by the Board, or if
the City ceases to be a member of HECO before the radio frequencies are assigned
to HECO, this pledge is automatically withdrawn.
Passed by the City Council of th
ATTEST:
y of June, 1978.
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Thomas T. ran City Clerk