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<br />PSAP02:7/01 <br /> <br />129. <br /> <br />CAPITAL AREA PLANNING COUNCIL <br /> <br />INTERLOCAL CONTRACT FOR PSAP MAINTENANCE, EQUIPMENT UPGRADE, <br />AND TRAINING <br /> <br />Art. 1. Parties and Purpose <br /> <br />1.1. The Capital Area Planning Council (CAPCO) is a regional planning commission <br />and political subdivision of the State of Texas organized and operating under the Texas Regional <br />Planning Act of 1965, as amended, chapter 391 of the Local Government Code. CAPeO has <br />developed a Strategic Plan to establish and maintain 9-1-1 emergency telephone service in State <br />Planning Region 12. and the Texas Commission on State Emergencv Communications has <br />'-' "-' ~ '-' ., <br />approved its current Plan. <br /> <br />1.2. The City of SAN MARCOS (Public Agency) is a Texas home-rule <br />municipality that operates one or more Public Service Answering Points (PSAPs) that assist in <br />implementing the Strategic Plan as authorized by chapter 771 of the Health and Safety Code. <br /> <br />1.3. This contract is entered into between CAPCO and Public Agency under chapter 791 <br />of the Government Code so that Public Agency can maintain its PSAP(s), upgrade its equipment, <br />and train its personnel to participate in the enhanced 9-1-1 emergency telephone system in the <br />Region. <br /> <br />Art. 2. Goods and Services <br /> <br />2.1. Public Agency agrees to: <br /> <br />(1) purchase supplies such as printer paper, printer ribbons, cleaning materials, etc. <br />necessary for the continuous operation of its PSAP(s); <br /> <br />(2) upgrade its PSAP equipment and software, as authorized in the current Strategic <br />Plan, by requesting CAPCO to purchase new equipment and software; <br /> <br />(3) protect the PSAP equipment and secure the premises of its PSAP(s) against <br />unauthorized entrance or lise; <br /> <br />(4) practice preventive maintenance for the PSAP equipment including, at a minimum, <br />backing up data on a removable medium, and storing the removable medium in a secure place, to <br />ensure that every seven days of calls are archived; <br /> <br />(5) provide emergency communications training to call-takers/dispatchers as described in <br />CAPCO's 9-1-1 Policies and Procedures AJonual; <br /> <br />(6) protect the confidentiality of addressing databases and of information furnished by <br />telecommunications providers, and notify CAPCO in wTiting within two business days of the <br />