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Town of Marana
PCWIN -Participation
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Primary Considerations for ,
Town Participation
• Governance/Ownership
• Cost
- short-term
- I ife-cycle of project
• Interoperability
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Governance/Ownership
• Pima County owns entire radio system
• Town of Marana gives up its 800MHz
frequencies to Pima County
• Individual jurisdictions retain ownership,
operations and maintenance of tower sites
• Individual jurisdictions own radios
• Final governance authority resides with the Pima
County Board of Supervisors (BOS)
• Governed by an Executive Management
Committee who reports to Pima BOS through
Pima County Administrator
• Town of Marana owns and invested $2.8 million
of taxpayer monies into its current Motorola radio
system (purchased 2004-05); upgraded 2008 -
only jurisdiction with this system
• Initial years of PCWIN operating costs -break
even (subscriber fees, tower site maintenance,
additional radios and radio replacement)
• Total Life-cycle of PCWIN operating costs (20
years) - $1.2 in additional expense to the town
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• Primary objective of PCWIN
• Achieved today through "Gateway"
• PCWIN would not provide interoperability with
Pinal County
• Other simple technological solutions exist for
interoperability
Conclusion
• The town has already invested in and owns the
same Motorola radio system envisioned by PCWIN
(implemented 2004/05 and upgraded in 2008)
• The life expectancy of the town's current system is
2030 (compatible with PCWIN)
• The town already owns and has a viable
replacement schedule for portable and mobile
radios (10% per year or approximately $115,000
annually)
• The town's expenditures for annual maintenance
would increase over time as a PCWIN participant
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Conclusion
• PCWIN participation as currently proposed means
town loses ownership/governance over its radio
system and 800 MHz frequencies
• Interoperability can be achieved through alternative
technical means
• Use of radio tower sites must insure future capacity
for the town is preserved
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Recommendation
• ROI -Town of Marana taxpayers should be
compensated for investment in existing Motorola
radio syste m
• Financial Sustainability -Operating costs over the
20-year life-cycle of the project at or near break-
even
• Transparenc~r -Governance structure and system
ownership should allow Marana taxpayers direct
accountability to Marana elected officials
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