File #: 2015-0208    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 5/26/2015 In control: Law, Justice and Emergency Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 6/1/2015
Enactment date: Enactment #: 14369
Title: A MOTION requesting that the executive develop and transmit a report identifying milestones for oversight of the implementation of the Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network.
Sponsors: Kathy Lambert
Attachments: 1. Motion 14369.pdf, 2. 2015-0208_SR_PSERN Update.docx, 3. Attachment 2. PSERN_Brief.pptm
Drafter
Clerk 05/20/2015
Title
A MOTION requesting that the executive develop and transmit a report identifying milestones for oversight of the implementation of the Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network.
Body
      WHEREAS, on April 28, 2015, King County voters approved a nine-year, $273 million property tax levy to fund the Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network ("PSERN"), and
      WHEREAS, PSERN will replace and upgrade King County's nearly twenty-year-old emergency radio network, which is used to dispatch responders to incidents and to allow responders to communicate with each other at those incidents, and
      WHEREAS, King County will be responsible for leading and implementing PSERN through full-system acceptance, which is the date on which PSERN becomes fully operational, and
      WHEREAS, the implementation of the replacement system will be complex with multiple tasks, including the acquisition of radios, consoles, transmitters and data systems, and will include radio site design, acquisition and construction, and
      WHEREAS, PSERN is expected to be completed five years after implementation begins, and
      WHEREAS, the council will need to ensure proper oversight of all of the elements of the procurement over the multiyear period of implementation;
      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
      A.  The executive shall develop and transmit to the council a report that identifies expected milestones throughout the Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network ("PSERN") implementation process and designate which at which milestones oversight by the council would be appropriate.  At a minimum, the report shall include:
        1.  A description of the anticipated PSERN implementation milestones throughout the PSERN implementation process, including, but not limited to, system vendor-related milestones, architecture and engineering milestones and system testing milestones; and
        2.  A timeline for transmittal of an oversight report to the council that corresponds with each milestone identified under subsection A.1. of this motion.
      B.  The executive should transmit the report on PSERN implementation oversight milestones by September 1, 2015, in the form of a paper original and an electronic copy with the clerk of the council, who shall retain the original and provide an electronic copy
to all councilmembers, the council chief of staff, the policy staff director and the lead staff for the law, justice and emergency management committee, or its successor.