8597-12 Agreement for MARCS Program - voice & data radio subscription

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RESOLUTION NO.: 8597-12 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Nowlin, Powers, Smith. A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the Mayor, as Director of Public Safety, to enter into an agreement with Ohio Office of Information Technology, Multi-Agency Radio Communications System (MARLS) Program Office for the provision of voice and data radio subscription services tluough au IP Simulcast System. WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood has been awarded new handheld radios by Cuyahoga County through the Homeland Security Grant; and WHEREAS, replacement of existing radios will allow the City of Lakewood to conmmnicate County wide with other participating agencies; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) of its members determines that this resolution is an emergency measure, and that this resolution shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in Article III, Sections 10 and 13 of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that replacement of these radios and the transition to the state wide system should be made as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary repairs to the existing system; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. That the Mayor, as Director of Public Safety, is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement, attached in substantial form as Exhibit A, with Ohio Office of Information Technology, Multi-Agency Radio Comm~mications System (MARLS) Program Office for the provision of voice and data radio subscription services in an amount estimated at $7,500 per year for atwo-year term. Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this Resolution were passed in an open meeting of this Council and that all deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such actions were in meetings open to the public and in compliance with legal requirements. Section 3. This resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the City and for the usual daily operation of the City for the reasons set forth and defined in the preamble to this resolution, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) of members of Council, this resolution shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor, or otherwise it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law.