HomeMy WebLinkAboutE-14 Staff Report - 2022 COMNET PaymentCONSENT ITEM
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TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
VIA: SERGIO GONZALEZ, CITY MANAGER
FROM: ROCKY WENRICK, INTERIM CHIEF OF POLICE
DATE: SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
SUBJECT: APPROVE EXECUTION OF NEW PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR THE EAST SAN
GABRIEL VALLEY REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK (COMNET
JPA).
BACKGROUND:
The East San Gabriel Valley Regional Communications Network (COMNET JPA) is a joint powers
authority comprised of the following agencies: Azusa, Baldwin Park, Covina, Glendora, Irwindale, La
Verne, and West Covina, and which interconnects the COMNET JPA radio system with radio systems
of other cities through the Interagency Communications Interoperability System Joint Powers Authority
(ICIS JPA) master site and network to provide wide-area communications interoperability and to
improve regional communications for public safety and general government resources. The East San
Gabriel Valley Regional Communications Network Governance Board was formed March 26, 2014,
which then adopted membership fees to all membership agencies. Membership fees are $35,000.00 each
fiscal year. These membership fees are invoiced by the host City of the Chair of COMNET. Presently
the Chair of COMNET is Matt Egan, Chief of Police, City of Glendora. Membership dues of $35,000.00
were invoice to the City of Azusa from COMNET on July 1, 2022.
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council take the following action(s):
1) Authorize the new payment schedule based on the new invoicing by the COMNET JPA.
ANALYSIS:
New for FY 2022-23 is an ICIS Motorola Service Agreement. On December 29th 2021, the ICIS board
met to discuss Motorola service agreements and infrastructure upgrades. The motion to approve the new
pricing deal struck with Motorola for both service agreements and system upgrades was unanimously
APPROVED
CITY COUNCIL
9/19/2022
2022 COMNET JPA
September 19, 2022
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approved and will thus be impacting COMNET member agencies as the agreement structure and billing
will change effective July 1, 2022.
Beginning July 1 2022, member agencies will no longer receive individual service agreement renewals
from Motorola. Instead, individual member Cities will be invoiced from COMNET, who will in turn be
invoiced by ICIS. As part of the pricing plan discount, Motorola sought to streamline the service
agreements to individual Cities and governmental agencies, cutting costs. That cost saving trickles down
to us in the form of discounts to yearly service agreement costs. Motorola will invoice ICI for all
members agencies yearly and this pricing plan is locked in for the next six years.
The new invoicing will encompass the following three costs:
Member Dues:
Member dues will remain at $35,000.
Service Agreements (SA):
Service agreements are the cost of maintaining individual member agency consoles at each one of our
sites. These are the Azusa Police Dispatch Radio consoles.
Service Upgrade Agreements (SUA):
Beginning July 1 2022, the infrastructure behind the operating system for COMNET and all Motorola
ICI entities (including Azusa) will be required to be upgraded through Motorola.
Master Site / DSR:
The same system wide upgrade cost is also applied to the Master Site infrastructure of which all
COMNET member entities will be required to contribute to. That cost is applied to COMNET and then
appropriated out to individual member Cities. The Master Site cost is applied to Johnstone Peak and the
West Covina BKK tower master sites.
Member dues and SA, SUA and Master Site / DSR have all been combined into one invoice. Where
Azusa used to pay one to COMNET and one to Motorola – Azusa now pays a singular invoice to
COMNET and enjoys a discounted Motorola service plan. These fees are fixed on a 6-year pricing
structure.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Funds are included in the FY 2022/23 approved budget under General Fund Public Safety account #
1020310000-6835 totaling $64,945.41.
Prepared by: Fiscal Review By:
Rocky Wenrick Talika M. Johnson
Interim Chief of Police Director of Administrative Services
2022 COMNET JPA
September 19, 2022
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Reviewed and Approved:
Sergio Gonzalez
City Manager
Attachment:
1) Copy of Invoice from COMNET JPA
City of Glendora
116 E. Foothill Blvd.
Glendora, CA 91741
COM-NET JPA
116 E. Foothill Blvd.
Glendora, CA 91741
+1 6268524811
comnet@cityofglendora.org
Invoice 1057
DATE
07.01.2022
PLEASE PAY
$64,945.41
DUE DATE
07.31.2022
BILL TO
City of Azusa
213 E. Foothill Blvd
Azusa, CA 91702
PLEASE DETACH TOP PORTION AND RETURN WITH YOUR PAYMENT.
ACTIVITY AMOUNT
Com-Net Annual Operations
Com-Net Annual Operations
Fiscal Year 2022-2023
35,000.00
COM-NET JPA
SA Annual
Fiscal Year 2022-2023
17,574.67
COM-NET JPA
SUA Annual
Fiscal Year 2022-2023
9,671.00
COM-NET JPA
DSR Annual
Fiscal Year 2022-2023
2,699.74
TOTAL DUE $64,945.41
Please make check payable to Com-Net
THANK YOU.
Attachment 1