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Title:
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Authorizing a Joint Hearing for both City Council's Committee on Public Safety and City Council's Committee on Technology and Information Systems to hold public hearings to: investigate and determine the cause of the failure of the City of Philadelphia's 62 million dollar 800 Megahertz Digital Radio System (MDRS) which occurred at 9:30 PM on Tuesday July, 22, 2008; to receive communication and instruction from the City Solicitor of the City of Philadelphia on the status of the City's legal remedies against Motorola Corporation as a result of this latest failure; to hear the Managing Director's conclusions as to the cause of these failures and her recommendations, and timeline, to correct these failures, and to identify whether or not additional funds need to be budgeted to finally solve this serious breech of public safety, and in furtherance of such investigation authorizing the issuance of subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents to the full extent authorized under Section 2-401 of the Home Rule Charter;
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Action text:
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A motion was made by Councilmember Rizzo that this matter be Introduced. The motion carried unanimously.
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