Resolution 13559CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 13559
AUTHORIZING OPEN MARKET PURCHASE OF
30 POLICE DEPARTMENT MOBILE DATA TERMINALS (MDT's)
FROM DATA 911
PURSUANT TO SECTION 3 -15 OF THE CITY CHARTER
WHEREAS, the Police Department's current Mobile Data Terminals (MDT's) obtained
in 1998 are in need of immediate upgrades; and
WHEREAS, the MDT's are of paramount importance in providing Police Department
Patrol and Communications Center personnel with critical information concerning "call for
service" and "officer initiated activity"; and
WHEREAS, an MDT is a back -up communication device that enhances officer safety in
the event that radio traffic is not available; and
WHEREAS, over 50% of the Police Department's MDT's are currently inoperable due to
hardware malfunctions, presenting an urgency to immediately obtain new MDT equipment; and
WHEREAS; DATA 911 and Motorola meet the criteria for providing the upgrades of
the MDT's and provided the lowest price in the open market; and
WHEREAS, the purchase will be fully funded by a combination Local Law
Enforcement Block (LLEB), COPS, and Technology grant funds; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that all other practical alternatives were
examined and that great necessity or emergency requires immediate action; and
WHEREAS, section 3 -15 of the City Charter provides that the City Council, by four
affirmative votes, can authorize an open market purchase if it determines that the materials or
supplies can be purchased at a lower price in the open market, or that great necessity or
emergency requires immediate action.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Alameda that
pursuant to Section 3 -15 of the City Charter, and by four affirmative votes, the City Council hereby
authorizes the open market purchase of 30 Police Department Mobile Data Terminals from DATA
911 at a total cost of $179,131.96.
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 18th
day of February, 2003, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, DeWitt, Kerr, Matarrese, and Mayor
Johnson - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this
19th day of February, 2003.
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Lara Weisiger, City Llerk
City of Alameda