[TrunkCom] Oakland County TRS II, Update

[JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON]

Hi Tom and the group, I think it would be to replace texisting TRS as well
as to do something with the new freqs that were to be for the second TRS
that up until now was supposed to be  Motorola type II system.  I just
can't wait to see what this rep that I know who has worked a little bit
with them is going wsay next week.  
	I know that Livonia, Michigan which does boarder Oakland County
has an Ericsson system, but I don't even think they will be able to
intercommunicate with Oakland County if they will be using TDMA or
whatever it is.  As someone posted earlier TDMA is the only one that will
allow multiple conversations on one channel.





On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Tom Staley wrote:

> Ron,
> 
> 	Is this to replace the existing TRS or is this second one I've heard about?
> 
> Tom
> 
> Ron Wilbanks wrote:
> > 
> > Hello Everyone:
> > 
> > Oakland County is to replace rescue radio system
> > 
> > January 18, 2002
> > BY KATHLEEN GRAY
> > FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
> > 
> > Although Oakland County has used a Motorola emergency radio system
> > for the past eight years, police and fire agencies unanimously voted
> > Thursday to replace the system with one from another company.
> > 
> > M/A-Com Inc., a Lowell, Mass.-based company, got the nod for a $30-
> > to $40-million contract to replace a radio system that has outlived
> > its usefulness.
> > 
> > The current system doesn't allow some agencies to communicate with
> > each other at the scene of a crime, fire or accident.
> > 
> > Motorola, which is based in Schaumburg, Ill., and M/A-Com presented
> > proposals to replace the system with one that would eliminate that
> > problem. The M/A-Com system, however, allows more than one
> > conversation to take place on the same frequency. Motorola's proposed
> > system does not.
> > 
> > Because the county has only 32 radio frequencies to cover the nearly
> > 100 police, fire and emergency departments, such flexibility was
> > paramount, said Patricia Coates, the administrator for CLEMIS, also
> > called Courts and Law Enforcement Management Information System,
> > which is a consortium of police and fire agencies that share data
> > electronically.
> > 
> > While Motorola has a good reputation among police and fire agencies
> > and is in the process of replacing Michigan State Police's radio
> > system, the county was concerned about the availability of Motorola's
> > equipment.
> > 
> > When a lightning strike took out the county's Motorola system in July
> > 2000, the county found that many replacement parts weren't available
> > or manufactured anymore, said Coates.
> > 
> > The two companies submitted bids in the mid-$40-million range. The
> > system will be paid for with money generated from a 57-cent-per-month
> > surcharge that has been applied to all county phone lines since mid-
> > 2000. The surcharge, which is set to expire in 2006, will generate
> > about $36 million for the project.
> > 
> > Farmington Hills Police Chief William Dwyer said the CLEMIS board
> > might ask the county Board of Commissioners to extend the surcharge
> > to pay additional costs or negotiate a lower price for the system as
> > M/A-Com's contract is finalized.
> > 
> > It will take about 30 months to replace the system.
> > 
> > 73's
> > 
> > Ron
> > 
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