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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1-5-15 Letter of Support - 911 System - draft COUNTY LETTERHEAD January 2015 LETTER OF SUPPORT: FORMATION OF A NEW COUNTYWIDE 9-1-1 SERVICE DISTRICT; ESTABLISHING A PERMANENT TAX RATE AND CONVERSION TO A REGIONAL RADIO SYSTEM The entities and officials identified below recognize the urgent need to form a new countywide 9-1-1 Service District within Deschutes County, to include the establishment of a permanent tax rate to fund 9-1-1 call receiving and emergency dispatch services and the conversion of the area’s disparate radio systems to a centrally managed Regional Radio System. The new system will facilitate interoperable communications between the region’s law enforcement, fire and rescue, emergency medical services, schools, hospitals and other general government agencies. Formation of a new countywide 9-1-1 Service District with a permanent tax rate will benefit all residents of Deschutes County by providing adequate and stable funding to operate 9-1-1 call receiving and emergency dispatch services. A comprehensive emergency communications system will enhance the safety of all persons and institutions within Deschutes County. The 9-1-1 Service District proposes to fund comprehensive scoping of the emergency communications system, including value engineering, preparation of financing alternatives, investigation of grant funding, and development of a governance structure. It is estimated that this work will cost $________. Subject to official Resolutions approving the formation and permanent tax rate as required by ORS Chapter 451, in recognition of the critical importance of these items as well as the financial commitment of the 9-1-1 Service District to develop a final proposal to the voters of Deschutes County, the entities and officials signing this letter resolve to unconditionally support the formation of a new countywide 9-1-1 Service District. This will include a permanent tax rate to provide 9-1-1 call receiving and emergency dispatch services and the construction and maintenance of a new, regional radio system. That support may include, but is not limited to, written advocacy, testimony at public forums, and interaction with the media. ENTITIES: ______________________ ________________________ ________________________ Anthony DeBone, Chair Alan Unger, Vice Chair Tammy Baney, Commissioner Deschutes County Board of Commissioners ______________________ ________________________ ________________________ Eric King, Manager, City Keith Witcosky, Manager, Rick Allen, Manager, City of of Bend City of Redmond La Pine ______________________ ________________________ ________________________ Jim Clinton, Mayor, George Endicott, Mayor, Ken Mulenex, Mayor, City of Bend City of Redmond City of La Pine ______________________ ________________________ ________________________ Tom Anderson, Deschutes Larry Blanton, Deschutes Tim Moor, Redmond Fire & County Administrator County Sheriff Rescue ______________________ ________________________ ________________________ Steve Reinke, 9-1-1 Director ??, Board Chair, Bend Rural Carroll Penhollow, Board Chair, Fire Protection District #2 Redmond Fire & Rescue ______________________ ________________________ ________________________ Andrew Gorayeb, Sisters ??, Mayor, City of Sisters Denny Kelley, Black Butte Manager Ranch Police Chief ______________________ ________________________ ________________________ David Tarbet, Redmond Bob Kathman, Board President, Jim Porter, Bend Police Chief Police Chief Alfalfa Fire District ______________________ ________________________ ________________________ Roger Johnson, Chief, Mike Supkis, Chief, La Pine Thad Olsen, Chief, Cloverdale Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Rural Fire Protection District Fire Protection District Protection District ______________________ ________________________ ________________________ Chuck Newport, Board Doug Cox, Board President, Jerry Johnson, Board President, President, Sisters-Camp La Pine Rural Fire Protection Cloverdale Rural Fire Sherman Fire District District Protection District ______________________ ________________________ ________________________ Richard Hoffman, Crooked Art Hatch, Fire Chief, Sunriver Randal Garcia, Board Chair, River Ranch Fire & Rescue Fire Department Black Butte Ranch County Service District ______________________ ________________________ ________________________ Bob Bengstson, Board Debra Baker, Chair, Sunriver Marc Mills, Chief, Sunriver President, Crooked River Service District Managing Police Department Ranch Fire & Rescue Board ______________________ ________________________ ________________________ Tom Fay, Deschutes County Larry Langston, Bend Fire Rodger Gabrielson, Board Rural Protection District #2 Department Chair, Black Butte Ranch Rural Fire District ______________________ ________________________ ________________________ Nancy Orr, State Fire Marshal ??, Deschutes National Forest ??, Oregon Department of Forestry ______________________ ________________________ ________________________ ??, Bureau of Land Management