Finance Committee - 3/21/2018 Page 6
There being no objection, Mayor Donchess went out of order to New Business Resolution R-18-010
NEW BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS
R-18-010
Endorsers: Alderman-at-Large Brian S. McCarthy
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE
CITY OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE REGARDING A REMOTE DISPATCH CENTER
Bill Mansfield
| am the radio systems manager for the City of Nashua. The resolution is for a memorandum of understanding
between the City of Nashua and the City of Manchester. Several months ago Manchester and Nashua applied
for a grant through Homeland Security to build a Communication Center that basically is a redundant
Communication Center so that if we had a major catastrophe down here in Nashua with either Police or Fire
Dispatch or Radio Communications we could go up to a facility up in Manchester and basically dispatch from
that location there. Manchester has the same grant that we received, $300,000.00 and Nashua also received
$300,000.00 and it’s basically to build this Communication Center.
Because of the contracts and the size of the contracts that we are going to be dealing with, especially with
Motorola who is going to be a vendor for this it would be very difficult for us to get two separate contracts for
each of the cities. So what basically the grant did is that it gave Nashua $300,000.00 and it gave Manchester
$300,000.00 instead of making two separate contracts with Motorola for one thing. This memorandum and
understanding is basically to allow Manchester to cut us a purchase order for their $300,000.00 and then when
invoices come in to us, because I'll be managing the grant for both Manchester and Nashua, when the invoices
come in to us, we would take the invoice, cut the price in half, invoice Manchester for their half of the invoice
and then they would submit their payment back to us here in the city and then we would pay the invoice. So
that’s pretty much, in short, what the memorandum of understanding is about.
Mayor Donchess
Any questions or comments? Is there a motion regarding R-18-010?
MOTION BY ALDERMAN CARON TO RECOMMEND FINAL APPROVAL R-18-010
MOTION CARRIED
