89-85 Purchase computer dispatch service

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PLACED ON FIRST READING 12-16-85 ORDINANCE NO. 89-85 BY: Brown, Chinnock, Gallagher Graham, Salmon, Wendling AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor ex-officio Director of Public Safety to enter into a contract for a computer dispatch system to be installed in the Police Department, without competitive bidding. WHEREAS, the Chief of Police has advised that it is imperative to the continued efficient operation of the Police Department to purchase a computer dispatch system which will operate in conjunction with a 911 emergency system to provide for the expedient dispatch of all emergency vehicles and which will also provide a critical safety margin for all safety forces, and WHEREAS, Section 111.04, Paragraph (7) of the Administrative Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, provides that contracts for the purchase of computer hardware or software may be awarded without advertising and competitive bidding where the Board of Control has determined that it is either impractical to award the contract under competitive bidding procedures, or it is cost effective and in the best interest of the City to award the contract without competitive bidding, and WHEREAS, a proposal has been received from Command Data Systems of Dublin, California, for the installation of a computer aided dispatch system in the Lakewood centralized emergency dispatch center, and the Board of Control has determined that .it is both impractical to award the contract under competitive bidding procedures and same is cost effective and in the best interest of the City to award the contract without competitive bidding, and WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public safety and welfare and for the usual daily operation of a municipal department; now, therefore, OF OHIO: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE Section 1. Under the authority of Paragraph (7) of Section 111.04 of the Administrative Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, the Mayor ex-officio Director of Public Safety is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract with Command Data Systems, 6250 Village Parkway, Dublin, California 94568, for the purchase and installation of a computer aided dispatch system in the Lakewood centralized dispatch center located in the Police Department of the City without advertising and competitive bidding. Section 2. That the cost of the installation of the computer aided dispatch system at.the agreed purchase price of $55,000.00 shall be paid from the Capital Improvements Fund. Section 3. 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 of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.