Resolution 13441CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 13441
AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT FOR OPEN MARKET PURCHASE FROM
TIBURON , INC., PURSUANT TO SECTION 3 -15 OF THE ALAMEDA CITY CHARTER,
FOR PURCHASE OF FULL UPGRADE OF RMS AND CAD SOFTWARE FOR THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT COMPUTER UPGRADE
WHEREAS, on December 19, 2000, the City Council approved the spending planfor FY
2001 law enforcement grants; and
WHEREAS, the spending plan included upgrades to the Police Department's Records
Management and Computer Aided Dispatch system; and
WHEREAS, since 1985 the Police Department's operating system and maintenance of the
operating system has been supplied by Tiburon, Inc., the developer and vendor of the system; and
WHEREAS, on June 5, 2001, by Resolution No. 13339, the City Council approved the use
of COPS AB 3229 grant funds for Tiburon, Inc. to purchase upgraded server hardware with new
operating systems; and
WHEREAS, to provide adequate technology, the City of Alameda must purchase a full 0
upgrade of RMS and CAD software and have the software installed on the new hardware; and
WHEREAS, Section 3 -15 of the City Charter provides that the City Council, by four votes,
can authorize and open market purchase if it determines that the materials or supplies can be
purchased at a lower price in the open market; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that all other practical alternatives were
examined and that a full upgrade of RMS and CAD software is the best option available to the City
of Alameda at this time which can be purchased at the lowest price available through an open market
purchase directly from Tiburon, Inc., the original developer and vendor of the system.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Alameda that
pursuant to Section 3 -15 of the City Charter, and by four votes, the City Council hereby approves
the open market purchase of RMS and CAD software upgrades as presented by Tiburon, Inc.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled on the 2nd
day of April, 2002, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, DeWitt, Kerr, and Mayor Appezzato
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Councilmember Johnson - 1
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the of 1 of said City his
3rd day of April, 2002,
cial sea
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda