Consideration and Approval of Contract:  Arizona 911 Grant Agreement between Arizona Department of Administration Office of Grants and Federal Resources and the City of Flagstaff acting as System Administrator for Coconino County. 
 

Flagstaff Police Department acting as the 9-1-1 System Administrator for the Coconino County Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) was awarded $524,958.00 in grant funds from the Arizona Department of Administration Office of Grants and Federal Resources. This grant funds all operational costs of the 9-1-1 telephone systems for the PSAPs in Coconino County which includes: Flagstaff Police Department, Williams Police Department, Page Police Department, Grand Canyon National Park Service, and Glen Canyon National Park Service. 
 

Project Name: FY2025 Coconino County 9-1-1 Grant
Cost: $524,958.00.00
Account Number Budgeted:001-04-062-6246-2-4211
FY Budgeted Amount: $524,958.00
Grant Funded: 100% funded by the State 9-1-1 Office
Funding Source: Reimbursement

Council has approved the 9-1-1 grant each year since 2019.

Approve the acceptance of the grant or decline the acceptance of the grant. 
 

Flagstaff Police Department has been designated the System Administrator for Coconino County by the State 9-1-1 Office. The System Administrator is responsible for submitting 9-1-1 operating bills to the State 9-1-1 Office, and submitting call statistics and required reports for all the PSAPs in their county. Historically the 911 telephone bills would be mailed to the Flagstaff Police Department. The 911 Coordinator would make sure the charges on the bill were correct and send the bill and an authorization letter to the State 911 Office. In turn, they would pay the bills with the money collected through the Emergency Telecommunication Service Revolving Fund. In 2018, the Arizona 911 Office was moved under the direction of the Arizona Department of Administration of Grants and Federal Resources. With this change, the Arizona Department of Administration Grants and Federal Resources Office created a grant program for the yearly 9-1-1 budget. System Administrators have to apply yearly for the funds to pay the 9-1-1 system bills. This allows the PSAPs to be responsible for their bills and to be reimbursed through the grant award by the State. The process makes sure funds are distributed fairly across the state. The City of Flagstaff has Intergovernmental Agreements (IGA's) with the City of Williams, City of Page, Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Park that are valid until 2027. These agreements ensure that if the State 9-1-1 Office was to no longer fund the 9-1-1 system each agency would be responsible for their own costs. 
 

High Performance Governance and Safe and Healthy Community; Provide public safety services with resources, staff, and training responsive to the community's needs. 

Goal PF.3. Provide high-quality emergency response and public safety services including law enforcement, fire, medical and ambulance transport service. 

Health and Safety HS-3

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