Hill County Sheriff’s Office (Hill County) - Status Current As Of 7/18/2008

Activities/Work Currently In Progress At This Site:

· None

Issue Currently Affecting This Site:

· Due to winter damage at the Mt. Royal site, the microwave was not brought online 5/30/08. This has been rescheduled for 7/4/08.

Future Activities/Work Planned At This Site:

· Microwave link to Master Control Site scheduled 7/4/08.

· Microwave system testing (2008)

· Activate trunking (2008)

· Install TrESAP (2008)

Previous Activities/Work Completed At This Site:

· NEPA Status: Approved.

· Contract was signed between Hill County and Motorola for the purchase of the dispatch console equipment.

· Trunking (4 trunked channels, 1 interop channel)

· Infrastructure (2007)

· Tower

· Shelter upgrades

· Fence

· Microwave to WAPA Chinook (2007)

· Microwave to Mt. Royal (2007)

· Trunking (2007)

· Frequencies:

· Trunked frequencies identified, engineered by Motorola.

· Trunked frequencies license issued.

· Trunked equipment delivered, cold installed.

· Combiner equipment delivered, cold installed.

· Antenna system delivered, cold installed.

· Optimization complete.

· This site was included in Motorola Change Order 006 which was approved by the IMPD Executive Board for combiner rework and channel expansion.

IM Project Managers For This Site:

· Infrastructure (civil construction: towers, shelters, generators, etc.)

· Primary: Sherry Evans, (406) 583-7552, sherry.evans@ngc.com

· Backup: Keith Lavender, (406) 443-8676, keith.lavender@ngc.com

· Microwave

· Primary: Dave Clouse, (406) 443-8663, dave.clouse@ngc.com

· Backup: Mark Adams, (406) 443-8694, mark.e.adams@ngc.com

· Trunking

· Primary: Mark Adams, (406) 443-8694, mark.e.adams@ngc.com

· Backup: Keith Lavender, (406) 443-8676, keith.lavender@ngc.com

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