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AGENDA TITLE: Purchase of Two Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf
and One Vandal Proof Outdoor Ringdown Telephone to Meet
American Disabilities Act Requirements.
MEETING DATE: February 3, 1993
PREPARED BY: Assistant City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council authorize staff to purchase one
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) for the
switchboard at City Hall, one TDD for the Dial -A -Ride'
Dispatch Office, and one vandal proof outdoor direct
ringdown telephone to be located outside of City Hall.
BACKGROUND: The City is in the process of meeting the
requirements as stipulated in the American
Disabilities Act (ADA). One such requirement is that
disabled citizens have access to City buildings.
To accommodate this, an outdoor telephone will be placed at the back door of
City Hall. Citizens in wheelchairs will have easy access to the telephone to
call the switchboard operator for assistance. Once the switchboard operator
has been contacted, the appropriate City staff can make arrangements to meet
with the individual. The cost for the telephone, which includes braille
markings, the casing, and the pole mounting bracket is approximately $500.00.
To further assist the disabled, a TDD will be placed at the City Hall
switchboard so that individuals with hearing impairments can call City Hall for
information and/or assistance. Dial -A -Ride services will also be enhanced with
the placement of a TDD in the Dispatch Office so that hearing impaired
individuals can request rides. Dial -A -Ride does not currently have any means
of communicating with citizens who are hearing impaired. Each TDD co:;ts
approximately $539.12 for a total of $1,078.24.
FUNDING: Contingency Fund and Transportation Development Act (TDA) Funds
Re ectfully s fitted, n
Jerry L. Glenn
Assistant City Manager
Prepared by: Janet S. Keeter, Administrative Assistant to the City Manager
APPROVES 0'>• %(' �. -- -------- - - e,
THOMAS A PETERSON ~a Gape,
City Manager J
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RESOLUTION NO. 93-25
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF TWO TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES
AND ONE OUTDOOR TELEPHONE
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WHEREAS, the City of Lodi is in the process of meeting the
requirements as stipulated in the American Disabilities Act (ADA); and
WHEREAS, Lodi Municipal Code Section 3.20.070, authorizes
dispensing with bids for purchases of supplies or property when it is
in the best interests of the City to do so;
NOW, THEREFORE, HE IT RESOLVED, that the Lodi City Council hereby
authorizes the purchase from Graybar Electric Company of Sacramento,
California of two Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf (TDD) in the
amount of $1,078.24, one to be used at the switchboard at City Hall,
and one for the Dial -A -Ride Dispatch Office; and further authorizes
purchase of one vandal -proof outdoor direct ringdown telephone in the
amo%mt of $500.00 to be located at the back door of City Hall, for a
total amount of $1,578.24 to be funded frog; the Contingency Fund and
Transportation Development Act (TDA) funds.
Dated: February 3, 1993
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I hereby certify that Resolution No. 93-25 was passed and adopted
by the Lodi City Council in a regular meeting held February 3, 1993 by
the following vote:
Ayes: Council Members - Davenport, Mann, Sieglock, Snider,
and Pennino (Mayor)
Noes: Council Members - None
Absent: Council Members - None
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(nniferPI. Perrin
City Clerk