IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION transferring $1,522,693.97 within the 2023 E-911 System Fund and authorizing the Director of Finance and Purchasing to issue a check in the amount of $1,522,694.00 for the replacement of the KCPD Unified Computing System to the Kansas City Missouri Police Department.
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RESOLUTION NO. 21366, August 14, 2023
INTRODUCED BY Sean E. Smith, Manuel Abarca IV, Donna Peyton, and Megan L. Marshall, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, the citizens of Jackson County have a need for the emergency 911 system currently operated by the Kansas City Police Department (KCPD); and,
WHEREAS, the KCPD has a computer system, the KCPD Unified Computing System (UCS), that enables KCPD's Communications Unit 911 CAD system; and,
WHEREAS, the KCPD UCS had a recommended five-year lifespan that was purchased ten years ago; and,
WHEREAS, there is a risk of failure to the system that could cause the shutdown of the Communications Unit 911 CAD system; and,
WHEREAS, a failure could be detrimental and result in a potential safety risk to not only community members who need police response, but also to the responding officers, and a recent failure of the system demonstrated this weakness by requiring call takers to handwrite 911 requests and hand them to dispatchers for emergency response; and,
WHEREAS, the Kansas City Missouri Police Department (KCPD) is respectfully requesting funding from Jackson County for the immediate need and replacement of the KCPD's Unified Computing System; and,
WHEREAS, as of July 31, 2023, a total of $2,404,926.00 remains available in the FY 2023 allocation for improvements to the County 911 System; and,
WHEREAS, Jackson County has the funding available to purchase new equipment for the KCPD's UCS to ensure the integrity of the 911 system; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfer be and hereby is made:
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