Finance Committee - 10/18/2017 Page 17
Alderman Cookson
No, not this idea but the original backup that you have in place.
Mr. Mansfield
We haven't had a major catastrophe that that has happened.
Alderman Cookson
Alright. So this is a further fail safe.
Mr. Mansfield
Correct.
Alderman Cookson
Because your backup hasn't failed. You are estimating that you are going to spend another $600,000 for a
backup for something that hasn’t failed.
Mr. Mansfield
Something that | anticipate as a possibility. The possibility is there for it to fail.
Alderman Cookson
Why would it fail?
Mr. Mansfield
Just as Alderman O’Brien said, a catastrophe happens where that building was shut down on Lake Street. If
something happened at the police department and that building was shut down. That’s what we are talking
Alderman Cookson
Do you have switch overs between the fire alarm station and the police communications? If fire went down,
would you still be able to communicate with the stations through another means?
Mr. Mansfield
If the fire communications went down, we have a spare console at the police department that we could have
one person go into and dispatch their firefighters.
Alderman Cookson
That would be considered the backup?
Mr. Mansfield
Correct.
