Transmittal - 10/5/2022
ERIN MENDENHALL
Mayor
Stephen Meyer
Executive Director
SLC911 COMMUNICATIONS BUREAU
475 South 300 East
P.O. Box 145497, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84114-5474
www.SLC911.Admin@slcgov.com
TEL 801-799-3000 Fax 801-799-4180
CITY COUNCIL TRANSMITTAL
________________________ Date Received: 10/5/2022
Lisa Shaffer, Chief Administrative Officer Date sent to Council: 10/5/2022
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TO: Salt Lake City Council DATE: 10/5/2022
Daniel Dugan, Chair
FROM: Stephen Meyer, Executive Director Salt Lake City 911
SUBJECT: Amending an Interlocal Agreement Between Sandy and Salt Lake City Regarding
CAD and RMS Services.
STAFF CONTACT: Stephen Meyer, Salt Lake City 911 Executive Director,
Stephen.Meyer@slcgov.com, 801.799.3592
DOCUMENT TYPE: Resolution
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt
BUDGET IMPACT: Salt Lake City will continue to receive Sandy’s portion of 911 Emergency
Telephone Service Charge Revenue from the Utah State Tax Commission. Additionally, Sandy
will also pay its portion of any pass-through costs charged by the CAD and RMS vendors and
will pay Salt Lake City Corporation an additional $153,193 per quarter. The $153,193 quarterly
payment will be adjusted annually to reflect that Sandy City will pay 7.12% of any total cost
increases Salt Lake City incurs to provide the CAD and RMS services.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION: In October 2013, Salt Lake City and Sandy City entered into
an Interlocal Agreement (the “Original Agreement”) under which Salt Lake City 911
Communications Bureau would provide dispatch services, including computer aided dispatch
(“CAD”) and record management system (“RMS”) services to Sandy City. The Original
Agreement contemplated that the proportional amounts charged to Sandy City for such services
would be calculated based on the Parties’ estimated call volume and system usage. However, the
pertinent state agencies have indicated that they cannot provide the data necessary to accurately
calculate each parties’ proportional call volume and system usage. Moreover, the parties have
mutually determined that the compensation approach used historically that attempts to rely on
Lisa Shaffer (Oct 5, 2022 11:45 MDT)
ERIN MENDENHALL
Mayor
Stephen Meyer
Executive Director
SLC911 COMMUNICATIONS BUREAU
475 South 300 East
P.O. Box 145497, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84114-5474
www.SLC911.Admin@slcgov.com
TEL 801-799-3000 Fax 801-799-4180
actual costs incurred in rendering services is excessively burdensome, less predictable, and
administratively costly. In light of the challenges associated with obtaining the necessary data,
and in order to create a predictable and streamlined approach to calculating the appropriate
compensation for the dispatch services provided, Salt Lake City and Sandy desire to amend the
Original Agreement.
Under the amended agreement, Salt Lake City would receive various forms of compensation
from Sandy City as outlined in the “Budget Impact” Section above. The compensation is
intended to substantially cover Salt Lake City’s direct costs and any indirect costs incurred in
providing dispatch services to Sandy City. The total compensation Salt Lake City receives under
the proposed amendment should not be materially different from the total compensation received
under the Original Agreement. However, the proposed amendment should reduce the City’s
significant administrative costs and expenditure of resources that are currently incurred in
administering and operating under the Original Agreement. The proposed amendment will also
eliminate ambiguities existing in the Original Agreement related to the fact that the pertinent
state agencies cannot provide the data necessary to accurately calculate the Parties’ proportional
call volume and system usage. In summary, the compensation received by Salt Lake City under
this proposed amendment should not be materially different than the amount of compensation
Salt Lake City currently receives under the Original Agreement. However, adopting the
proposed amendment will benefit both Salt Lake City and Sandy City by reducing the
unnecessary expenditure of municipal resources related to the provision of dispatch services and
by eliminating any purported reliance on information that the pertinent state agencies have now
clearly indicated is not available.
If the parties determine that the compensation received under the amended agreement is not an
accurate reflection of the costs shared between the parties, then the Agreement contains
provisions that would allow a party to either (i) pursue a revised cost structure that better reflects
the parties’ proportionate costs, or (ii) withdraw from the Agreement after providing sufficient
notice of such withdrawal to the other party.
PUBLIC Engagement: N/A
EXHIBITS:
1) Amended and restated interlocal agreement regarding CAD and RMS services
2) Price Schedule