Explanation
BACKGROUND: Ordinance 0552-2011, passed April 25, 2011, authorized the establishment of a purchase order in the amount of $1,000,000 with Motorola to purchase new and replacement portable and mobile radios and accessories. Inadvertently, the ordinance referenced an incorrect contract number (FL004514). Instead it should have been FL004701. This amendment properly references the correct contract number so that the purchase order can be established. All other aspects of ordinance 0552-2011 remain the same.
These new digital radios to be purchased are upgrades to current older models and will allow for regional radio interoperability with surrounding Public Safety Agencies as well as provide safety to those first responders in the Divisions of Police and Fire.
EMERGENCY; Emergency designation is requested in order to ensure regional radio interoperability with surrounding public safety agencies as soon as possible and also to provide enough radios to Police and Fire recruits to be hired in June and December 2011.
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To amend ordinance 0552-2011, passed April 25, 2011, which authorized the establishment of a purchase order with Motorola, Inc. for the purchase of portable and mobile radios and associated accessories for the Divisions of Police and Fire to correct an inadvertently referenced contract number; and to declare an emergency. ($0)
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WHEREAS, ordinance 0552-2011, passed April 25, 2011, inadvertently identified an incorrect contract number; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend this ordinance to allow the purchase to proceed; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Safety Department, in that it is immediately necessary to correct this inadvertently identified contract number so as to authorize the purchase of portable and mobile radios for the Public Safety Department to ensure regional radio interoperability with surrounding public safety agencies, thereby preserving the public health, peac...
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