Agenda

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13.

City Council Regular Meeting

Meeting Date:

07/28/2020

BACKGROUND

The Police Department is purchasing and installing new emergency equipment to existing patrol fleet vehicles to include a new police motorcycle. The Schertz Police Department needs to install and equip these vehicles with the appropriate and necessary emergency equipment. This essential equipment and installation include emergency lighting and audio to warn the public during the vehicle’s emergency operation. The installation of this emergency equipment also consists of an optic camera and secure storage of emergency equipment. The Police Department has done its due diligence in selecting an organization to buy and install equipment for its quality through a competitive three bid process. The Police Department will spend in excess of $80,000 with Southwest Public Safety to install and outfit the Police Department fleet. There are multiple purchases from multiple city departments with different requirements using BuyBoard #603.20; however, in an effort to maintain transparency, the Police Department wanted to inform Council of the amount being spent with a single vendor given these efforts began prior to the recent policy changes.