HomeMy WebLinkAbout030909 RES - 08/09/2016 Resolution authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to purchase
body worn video cameras for the Police Department from Coban
Technologies Inc., of Houston, Texas, for a total cost of $130,414.00,
with funding available in the FY 2015-2016 Police Grants Fund.
WHEREAS, 122 body worn cameras will be purchased along with the associated
hardware, software, and licenses for use by the Police Department;
WHEREAS, these cameras will equip uniformed police officers with body worn
video cameras to record and document daily police/citizen interactions;
WHEREAS, video collected by the body worn cameras will be uploaded into the
Police Department's existing Coban video dash cam systems and will be stored and
managed within the existing Coban video storage system;
WHEREAS, State law provides that such procurements, as outlined above, are
subject to statutory procurement requirements, including competitive bids, unless an
exception applies;
WHEREAS, there is a statutory exception for this procurement in Local Govern-
ment Code, Section 252.022(a)(2), as this purchase is necessary to preserve or protect
the public health or safety of the municipality's residents; and
WHEREAS, there is also a statutory exception for this procurement in Local
Government Code, Section 252.022(a)(7)(A), as this purchase is available from only
one source due to special processes or patents.
Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas:
Section 1. The City Council specifically finds that the foregoing statements included in
the preamble of this resolution are true and correct and adopts such findings for all
intents and purposes related to the authorization of this procurement.
Section 2. The City Manager, or her designee, is authorized to purchase the body worn
cameras, associated hardware, software, and licenses for uniformed police officers from
Coban Technologies, Inc., for a total cost of $130,414.00.
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV, Sections 7 & 8)
I, the Director of Financial Services of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (or his/her duly
authorized representative), hereby certify to the City Council and other appropriate officers that
the money required for the current fiscal year's portion of the contract, agreement, obligation
or expenditure described below is in the Treasury to the credit of the Fund specified below,
from which it is to be drawn, and has not been appropriated for any other purpose. Future
payments are subject to annual appropriation by the City Council.
City Council Action Date: August 9. 2016 Legistar Number: 16-0801
Agenda Item:
Resolution authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to purchase body worn
video cameras for the Police Department from Coban Technologies Inc., of
Houston, Texas, for a total cost of $130,414.00, with funding available in the FY
2015-2016 Police Grants Fund.
Amount Required: $ 130.414
Fund Name Accounting Unit Account Activity No. Amount
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Police Grant Fund 1061-151 520090 821502F $103,027
Police Grant Fund 1061-151 520090 821502L $27,387
Total $130,414
o Certification Not Required
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Director of Financial Services
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