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Title
Approval of Capital Project Amendment No.26CPA016 and Budget Ordinance Amendment No.26BCC050 Appropriating $1,557,339.72 of Debt Service Fund Fund Balance to the PAYGO Fund to Support the Construction of a New Radio Tower and the Purchase of Mobile Radios in the Multi-Department Radios and Towers Capital Project (4330DC005)
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Date of BOCC Meeting: February 9, 2026
Request for Board Action:
Agenda Text
The Board is requested to approve Capital Project Amendment No.26CPA016 and Budget Ordinance Amendment No.26BCC050 appropriating $1,557,339.42 of Debt Service Fund Fund Balance and transferring the funding to the PAYGO Fund to support the Multi-Department Radios and Towers Capital Project (4330DC005). The supplement will increase project availability to a total of $4,387,864.04, which will be used to fund the construction of a new radio tower for the City/County radio system and purchase of mobile radios for the Office of Emergency Services that will ensure their functional compliance with the Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) standard.
Project Name and Number
Current Budget
Increase / Decrease
Updated Budget
Multi-Department Radio and Towers Project (4330DC005)
$11,519,771.40
$1,557,339.72
$13,077,111.12
TOTAL
$11,519,771.40
$1,557,339.72
$13,077,111.12
The Durham radio system infrastructure currently consists of four radio tower sites. There are known areas of poor radio coverage, including Brier Creek and Hope Valley. First responders continue to report additional areas with minimal to no radio reception, largely due to ongoing growth within the County. The original radio system design provided by Motorola in the early 2000s recommended six tower sites to ensure reliable radio communications and accommodate future expansion. Due to budget constraints at the time, the approved project only included four towers, leaving critical gaps in coverage that have manifested themselves over the last few years.
In 2018, the Communicatio...
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