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Report to Council
Report Number: FIR 02-24
Date: March 25, 2024
From: Stephen Boyd
Fire Chief
Subject: Extension of NextGen Communications Interoperability and Radio System
User Agreement to Additional Users (Elexicon Energy)
-File: A-1440-001-24
Recommendation:
1. That the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to execute the Adhesion Agreement adding
Elexicon Energy Inc. as a party to the NextGen Communications Interoperability and
Radio System Use Agreement, as set out in Attachment 1 of Report FIR 02-24, subject to
minor revisions as may be required by the Fire Chief and the Director, Corporate
Services & City Solicitor;
2. That the Fire Chief be authorized to execute this agreement and future agreements
adding new parties to the NextGen Communications Interoperability and Radio System
Use Agreement on terms satisfactory to the Fire Chief and the Director, Corporate
Services & City Solicitor; and
3. That the appropriate City of Pickering officials be authorized to take the necessary
actions to give effect hereto.
Executive Summary: The purpose of this report is to seek Council approval for the
addition of Elexicon Energy as a user group on the Durham NextGen Radio network. The radio
network has been operational since 2014 and currently serves users from Durham Regional
Police, Municipal Fire Services, Ontario Power Generation, and Durham College. The addition
of Elexicon Energy will result in enhanced lines of communication with its regional and
municipal stakeholders during power outages and other regional emergencies.
Relationship to the Pickering Strategic Plan: The recommendations in this report respond
to the Pickering Strategic Plan Priorities of Advocate for an Inclusive, Welcoming, Safe &
Healthy Community; and Strengthen Existing and Building New Partnerships.
Financial Implications: There are no financial impacts that result from adopting the
recommendations in this report.
Discussion: The purpose of this report is to seek Council approval for the addition of
Elexicon Energy as a user group on the Durham NextGen Radio network.
FIR 02-24 March 25, 2024
Subject: Extension of NextGen Communications Interoperability Page 2
and Radio System User Agreement to Additional Users (Elexicon Energy)
The NextGen Communications Interoperability and Radio System Use Agreement came into
effect in 2014 to govern the use and cost sharing for the newly purchased P-25 digital radio
network (NextGen). Initial Partners for the radio system included Durham Regional Police
Services, 7 municipal fire services along with select municipal operations divisions. The
system is owned and operated by The Region of Durham and costs are shared by
municipalities and the region based on the number of radios they have operating on the
system. Since its inception, additional partners have been added to the system (Ontario Power
Generation 2018, and Durham College in 2019). Recently, Elexicon Energy expressed an
interest in becoming a user of the system as their current radio system was reaching end of
life.
The addition of Elexicon as a user does not compromise the operation or efficiency of the radio
network. Furthermore, it provides operational cost savings to all current users of the system,
as well as enhanced communication channels with regional and municipal stakeholders during
power outages and other municipal and regional emergencies.
Attachments:
1. NextGen Adhesion Agreement – Elexicon
Prepared/Approved/Endorsed By:
Original Signed By
Stephen Boyd
Fire Chief
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Recommended for the consideration
of Pickering City Council
Original Signed By
Marisa Carpino, M.A.
Chief Administrative Officer
Attachment 1 to Report FIR 02-24
COMMUNICATIONS INTEROPERABILITY AND RADIO SYSTEM USE ADHESION AGREEMENT
FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned parties hereby covenant and agree with all other parties to the Communications Interoperability and Radio System Use Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the "Interoperability Agreement"), as follows:
1.e The undersigned for each party signing below has full power and authority to bindethat party and to enter into this Agreement.e
2.e The undersigned, Elexicon Energy Inc. ("Elexicon"), hereby covenants and agreeseto comply with all applicable provisions of the Interoperability Agreement as fully as ifeElexicon had originally been named a party thereto, with the exception that Elexiconeshall not be responsible and shall have no liability whatsoever under the InteroperabilityeAgreement for events or circumstances arising prior to Elexicon becoming a party to theeInteroperability Agreement pursuant to this Adhesion Agreement.e
3.e The undersigned parties understand and agree that the Interoperability Agreementeshall be amended to reflect the fact that Elexicon has become a party to theeInteroperability Agreement and will be a non-voting member of the STEERINGeCOMMITTEE, and in particular the applicable Appendices attached to theeInteroperability Agreement will be deemed to be amended to reflect the addition ofeElexicon.e
4.e This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of all parties to this Agreement and beebinding upon the undersigned, its administrators, successors and assigns.e
5.e This Adhesion Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, andedelivery by PDF, e-mail or other equivalent electronic means, all of which, takenetogether, shall be one and the same instrument.e
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties have duly executed and delivered this Adhesion Agreement. This Adhesion Agreement becomes effective on the date of the last signature affixed below.
ELEXICON ENERGY INC.
Lincoln Frost-Hunt Vice President Digital and Innovation
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