111-84 Contract for computer hardware for police

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ORDINANCE NO~ 111-84 BY: Brown, Chinnock, Gallagher, Graham, McBride, Salmon, Wendling AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE authorizing .the Mayor as Director of Public Safety to enter into a contract with Sperry-Univac for the purchase of computor hard- ware for the Police Department. WHEREAS, Lakewood Police Department has been in the process of converting records and Departmental reports to a computerized system, and WHEREAS, existing computor terminals are insufficient to permit timely up- dating and query of stored data, and WHEREAS, hardware compatible with the existing system is available from only one source, to wit: Sperry-Univac, and can be obtained for a total cost of $13,000.00, and WHEREAS, The Lakewood Police Department has determined that the need for additional terminals is of a higher priority than the replacement of communications equipment, and WHEREAS, this Ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare, and for the usual daily operations of the Police Department; now, therefor, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That is is hereby determined that computor hardware compatible with the Cuyahoga Regional Information System can not be secured from any source other than SperryZUnivac, and that the Mayor be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into contract with Sperry-Univac for computor hardware to be used within the Police Department upon the basis of Sperry-Univac proposal dated August 30, 1984. Section 2. That the cost of said contract hereby authorized in the approximate amount of $13,000 shall be paid from the Fede'~al ~evenue Sharihg~ Fund. Section 3. That it is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this Ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any committees that resulted in such formal action were in meet- ings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code. Section 4. That this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof and provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members elected to Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption and approval by the Mayor; otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law. Approved:(~ /7/