As the City Council is aware, the police department has funds allocated in the F.Y. 2024 budget to integrate our CAD/RMS system into the Pasco Countywide CAD/RMS system. On 09/28/23, the City Council approved the Axon contract, which pertains to the records management system (RMS) segment of the CAD/RMS integration project. Currently, we are asking for council approval to enter into agreements with the county and its vendors on the CAD segment of the integration project, and the Purvis Systems segment of the integration project. This project has many moving parts to it, and the CAD/Purvis segment is a large piece of this integration project.
Pasco County already has established contracts/agreements with Central Square Technologies for the CAD system and with Purvis Systems for the fire station alerting system. This integration project requires the City of New Port Richey to contract with the established system vendors and the county to fully integrate into the system. Therefore, the City of New Port Richey will be piggybacking off the established contracts Pasco County has in place with the systems vendors.
The Interlocal agreement with Pasco County and Central Square Technologies allows the police and fire departments to access state-of-the-art dispatch services through the countywide system. The agreement with Purvis Systems allows our fire department to have fire station emergency call alerting systems.
The total year one costs for Central Square (CAD) services, Purvis Systems emergency alerting services, and the annual cost for two county emergency communications operators are as follows:
- Central Square (CAD) services: $94,615.002.
- Purvis System emergency alerting services: $87,610.00
- Two county emergency communications operators to support New Port Richey Police and fire services: $121,744.00.
The costs for the CAD/RMS, Purvis Systems, and two county dispatchers are recurring after year one.
Once fully implemented, the countywide CAD/RMS system will be a significant upgrade to our current CAD/RMS system and will enhance the level of services that we provide to our community. Our goal is to have the CAD/RMS system fully implemented by the end of this fiscal year; however, full implementation may occur in the beginning of F.Y. 2025.
City Attorney Tim Driscoll reviewed the agreements and approved the agreements as to form.