On May 12, 2009, City Council adopted Resolution No. 2822-5-09(R) authorizing an Interlocal Agreement between Allen and Plano for a Joint Radio Communications System for Municipal Services. Through this agreement, Allen and Plano own the system and reserve the right to seek additional subscribers. The revenue from any additional subscribers will be held by Allen and Plano and used to support the jointly owned radio system infrastructure. Murphy and Wylie were initial subscribers to the Joint Radio System. On September 14, 2010, City Council adopted Resolution No. 2945-09-10(R) authorizing Interlocal Agreements between the Cities of Allen and Plano with the Cities of Parker and Lucas, Plano ISD, and Texas Health Center for Diagnostics and Surgery (THCDS) Radio Systems to be Users on the Allen and Plano Jointly Owned Radio Communications System. The Town of Fairview was added in December of 2018.
On September 11, 2018, City Council adopted Resolution No 3603-9-18 reauthorizing an interlocal agreement between Allen and Plano for a joint radio communication system for municipal services.
This agreement between Collin County, Allen and Plano authorizes Collin County to connect to the joint radio system. Fees assessed against Collin County are due annually for services and use of the system and will be used to support the jointly owned radio system infrastructure.
In addition to increasing the scope of the shared services approach to our regional radio system, the addition of Collin County brings benefits to Allen. Specifically, our public safety radios will now have access to roam across a much larger part of the County and connect to multiple towers owned by Collin County that will tie to the joint system. This improves coverage and communication ability with our first responders. This also eases communication between the County and other members of the joint system when shared channels are needed during any type of event. In addition, Collin County's Over The Air (OTAR) programming tools become available to the joint system, speeding code updates to the field radios.