HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2020-98A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO WAIVE BID
PROCESS AND APPROVE PURCHASE OF RADIOS AND
PORTABLE IN -CAR COMPUTERS
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WHEREAS, it is important that frontline public safety staff be outfitted with reliable
communication equipment to effectively relay calls for service, location, status of calls, and the
status of officer safety; and
WHEREAS, the Police are facing aging technology with their radios and in -car
computers; and
WHEREAS, the department needs to upgrade their radios and portable in -car
computers; and
WHEREAS, the Lodi Municipal Code allows for dispensing with the bid process when it
is in the best interest of the City to do so; and
WHEREAS, staff respectfully requests that the City Council authorize the City Manager
to waive the bid process and approve the purchase of seven radios ($35,486.64) and three
portable in -car computers ($10,248.71) from Motorola and Dell, respectively.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby
authorize the City Manager to waive the bid process and approve the purchase of seven new
radios from Motorola, in the amount of $35,486.64, and three portable in -car computers from
Dell, in the amount of $10,248.71, from the Repairs to Communication Equipment account
(10031004.72530), in the amount of $45,736.
Date: May 20, 2020
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I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2020-98 was passed and adopted by the Lodi City
Council in a regular meeting held May 20, 2020, by the following vote:
AYES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS — Chandler, Mounce, Nakanishi, and Mayor Kuehne
NOES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
PAMELA M. FARRIS
Assistant City Clerk
2020-98