Council delays action on Honeywell dispatch‑alerting contract

Council discussed a proposed purchase contract with Honeywell U.S. for digital alerting hardware for Fire Stations 1 and 2 but took no action and asked staff to resolve interoperability issues before returning with a recommendation.

Staff said "we are asking for no action tonight," explaining that the request is one of three pieces for station projects and that some technical and inter‑agency details (how the fire system will interface with police CAD and dispatch) remained unresolved. The fire chief said the hardware is a station component that "lights it, wakes everybody up" and scrolls information so crews can exit to vehicles.

Council members asked whether the police CAD system could be used instead; staff and the chief explained the systems serve different real‑time operational needs. Staff said the contract will return after the technical interfaces are confirmed.