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<br />PSAPOO: 10112/99 <br /> <br />17. <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 (CAPeO) 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 Advisory Commission on State Emergency Communications <br />has 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 CAPeO 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 CAPeO 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 use; <br /> <br />(4) practice preventive maintenance for the PSAP equipment including, at a minimum, <br />backing up data biweekly on a removable medium and storing the removable medium in a secure <br />place; <br /> <br />(5) provide emergency communications training to call-takers/dispatchers as described in <br />CAPCO's current Strategic Plan. <br /> <br />rfr",~ ~ ~ n ~ ~Jf~\ <br />~\l :.., .._m_" i.' '\r <br />~ ~ : t <br />, MAR - 6 2000 <br /> <br />\U .~"- <br /> <br />=, <br />