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# Radio gear to cost $200K
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/radio-gear-to-cost-200k/
- Published: 2003-11-11T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:11:43.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*CONSENT, from page 1 New 911 system for SMPD*

*By Daily Press staff*

(Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing series that tracks City Hall’s expenditures on the upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agenda. Though they’re routinely passed by the City Council with little or no discussion, many of the items have been part of public discussion in the past.) The Santa Monica City Council is expected tonight to give Motorola nearly $200,000 for radio equipment.

The equipment will be used by the Santa Monica Fire Department, the Santa Monica Police Department and the Big Blue Bus for the next year.

The existing maintenance and repair agreements between City Hall and Motorola will be consolidated and be valid for one year at a cost of $177,936, with three-year additional one-year renewal options. The money will be taken out of each departments’ budget.

Motorola will equip city staff with radio equipment, base stations, mobile data computers and data network controllers. City Hall has been using Motorola equipment since the 1980s, according to city staff.

The City Council also is expected to approve spending $59,465 in state funds to buy a telephone system to make the SMPD’s new 911 emergency system more functional.

The PBX system is offered by Verizon of California Inc. and will serve as a support to the 911 dispatch system.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 11, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/111103.pdf?ref=smdp.com)