County to pay Cahuilla directly for Toro Peak PSEC lease
Riverside County will pay the Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians directly for the county’s lease of the Toro Peak site used for the county’s Public Safety Enterprise Communications radio system.A 5-0 Riverside County Board of Supervisors vote Tuesday, Oct. 4, modified the lease agreement so that payments are made directly to the tribe rather than to the U.S. Department of the Interior. The tribe will be responsible for providing proof of payment to the Department of the Interior.The Public Safety Enterprise Communications radio system began operating in January 2014. The county sheriff’s department and various fire departments were the original partners, and other cities subsequently joined the PSEC system. The Toro Peak site in the San Jacinto Mountain range provides covera