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AMENDMENT NO. ONE TO CONTRACT K-1617-69: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND ARCHITECTS DESIGN GROUP, INC., (ADG) INCREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $643,676 FOR A REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $793,706 TO INCLUDE PHASE 2 AND 3 OF THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS AND DISPATCH CENTER PROJECT,
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BACKGROUND: On April 1, 2014, the voters of Norman approved Ordinance O-1314-33, extending the dedicated 1/2% Public Safety Sales Tax (PSST) permanently (effective October 1, 2015). The ordinance directed that the 71 personnel added to the City public safety workforce by the original PSST Ordinance (O-0708-32, approved on May 13, 2008) be made permanent; 19 personnel be added over a period of four years (13 police officers to staff a School Resource Officer program; 4 additional Dispatchers; and 2 Emergency Vehicle Mechanics); and a program to replace or acquire Critical Public Safety Capital items needed be implemented. The Critical Public Safety Capital Needs were identified, in priority order, as follows:
Emergency Communication System Replacement - $15,000,000
Emergency Operations/Dispatch Center Facility - $6,500,000
Fire Apparatus Replacement Program - $6,800,000
Reconstruct/Relocate Fire Station #5 - $3,500,000
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TOTAL - $31,800,000
In discussions and presentations leading up to the approval of the PSST extension, the plan to finance the Emergency Communications (Radio) System and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) facilities through some type of debt issuance was discussed and acknowledged, due to the need to have those facilities functional before sufficient PSST revenues would accrue. Under this plan, available PSST Fund balance would be used as a partial "down payment" on the Communication System and EOC facilities, and PSST Fund balance would be used to pay for the fire apparatus and fire station 5 reconstruction on a pay-as-you-go basis, as funds became available after the Radio System and EOC were fina...
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