approved, what would happen. Ms. Zerwin said we would struggle to design the
encryption program ourselves. She said this is more complicated than was realized and
more than the Motorola System Manager could do on his own. Ms. Zerwin said that
while the Motorola System Manager understands encryption, and John Nebl, Erik
Maplethorpe, and Jim Connolly were sent to training to understand the process of
encryption, there are factors such as the number of keys to be programmed into the radios
and how that fits into the STARCOM master plan for keyloading. She said the
background processes were not worked into the original plan and that the plan of the
Chiefs has evolved with the talkgroup name changes and work behind the scenes. Chair
Selvik concurred, saying there have been a lot of changes over the past few years.
Member Benjamin then asked for something such as this, is the PAC where a
recommendation for contract approval would come through. Ms. Zerwin answered, yes
and no, not everything. Ms. Zerwin provided a brief history of the Radio Steering
Committee and how when that group was finished part of the Intergovernmental
Agreement for the DEDIR System was that there be a Policy Advisory Committee for the
purpose of overseeing policy related to operation of the DEDIR System. The intent of
PAC is to develop policies related to the radio system. Ms. Zerwin said that because this
contract directly relates to the radio and specifically encryption and what they are trying
to do as a group, it is appropriate to come through the PAC. She said members of the
police and fire focus groups have worked with ETSB on the language in the proposal
because it is operational and complex. Ms. Zerwin said that it is taking their plan on
paper versus the technical aspect of it and implementing it the best way possible.
Member Benjamin said there is a lot of what exactly will be provided in the proposal the
PAC is recommending for approval. Ms. Zerwin confirmed and Member Benjamin
replied, thank you.
Member Clark said this is for consulting and engineering to set up encryption and that it
does not cover ongoing responsibilities once encryption is set up. He asked if ongoing
maintenance of encryption keys would be in addition to this. Ms. Zerwin believed that
would fall under the jurisdiction of the System Manager. Discussion ensued regarding
the costs of some of the proposed work and whether some of the specific details in the
proposal had already been completed, the goals of what is to be accomplished, the
capacity issues within the STARCOM infrastructure, and that the purpose of the proposal
is the design of the encryption plan. Chair Selvik said this is a recommendation to the
ETS Board, that it can be explained to the members of the board and they can decide.
Member Clark asked if this had been run through ETSB legal. Ms. Zerwin replied yes
that nothing goes to the Board without going through legal per County policy.
On voice vote, all Members voted "Aye" to recommend approval of the contract purchase
order to the ETS Board, motion carried.
Attachments:
ETSB RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL
RESULT:
Pat Johl
MOVER:
Eric Burmeister
SECONDER:
