Joint resolution declaring ICIS a priority among Homeland Security and Federal Appropriations requests. City of Culver City California City Council Agenda Item Report Meeting Date: 12/12/05 AGENDA ITEM: Approve a Joint Resolution of all Interagency Communications Interoperability System (ICIS) Members Declaring ICIS as a Priority Among Homeland Security and Federal Appropriations Requests. Contact Person/Dept.: Jeff Eastman Fire Chief Fiscal Impact: Yes No X Public Hearing: Public Notification: Master Notification List (12/07/05); ICIS Governance Board (12/07/05) General Fund: Yes No X Attachments: X Phone Number: (310) 253 5915 Action Item: X Item Number: C 5 CAO Approval: Martin Cole for Jerry Fulwood (12/5/05) Department Approval: Jeff Eastman (11/30/05) City Controller Approval: N/A RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the City Council approve the joint ICIS Resolution and authorize the Mayor to sign the document declaring ICIS a priority among Homeland Security and Federal Appropriations requests. BACKGROUND: The Interagency Communications Interoperability System (ICIS) is a concept that allows cities using common band (UHF) communication systems to share their infrastructure to communicate with each other and their home city throughout the region. The ability to communicate with all agencies involved with incident response and recovery efforts is known as interoperability . Achieving interoperability is a goal every public safety agency in the nation is working to resolve. Culver City switched from a Conventional radio system to a Trunked radio system in 2001. Trunking is a technology that optimizes airtime within a radio system by allowing users to have significantly more talkgroups (or channels) than it has actual licensed frequencies. The old system had six frequencies assigned as six channels. We now have thirty two talkgroups using those same six frequencies. Our trunked system also allows us to connect to a region wide communication network ICIS under develo...
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