230112 -- City Council -- Agenda Questions
Council questions and staff responses for items on January 12, 2023 City Council Meeting
7.3- FY23 BVWACS Budget
Sponsor: Sam Rivera
Questions: Who are the supporting agencies that we supply radios to? Are these handheld radios like
the one CM Harvell carries, or auto radios as in police cars?
Response: We do not supply radios to other agencies. All radios are considered departmental radios and
the numbers are for all public safety and non-public safety radios.
Only exception is we sponsor BVSWMA-Twin Oaks radios. City of College Station bills them annually for
the radios they have on the system. From the annual BVWACS budget, the cost per radio is calculated,
and they are billed accordingly.
In the past, we used to sponsor CSISD radios when our officers were utilized as school resource officers,
but when the county sheriff took that over, the sponsorship of the radio count was shifted to Brazos
County.
The radio CM Harvell carries, I believe, is a CSFD CART radio and it is counted under CSFD radio count. I
believe she is an active member and responds when CART member is requested on fire calls.
Vehicle, or control station/desktop radios are counted under the owning Department's radio count.
7.4- Utility Billing software agreement
Sponsor: Sam Rivera
Question: How is this item related to the consent item on Jan 26th agenda regarding a change in how
late fees are calculated?
Response: Item 7.4 on the 1/12 agenda is a change order for the contract already awarded for the
installation contract for the new Utility Billing Software. This amount extends the time for installation to
November as we will not be able to install the software in August when the students are returning and
there are significant move ins and move outs occurring.
The item on the 1/26 agenda is an ordinance change to conform with the software calculation.