Agenda Item Wording:
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Authorization to revise the Axon Fleet 3 Mobile Audio/ Video Contract: Authorize the City Manager to amend the current Fleet 3 Mobile Audio/Video Contract with Axon Enterprise Inc. to advance the purchase of twenty-three (23) in-car camera systems, include 5G network capabilities for thirty-four (34) new in-car camera systems, and purchase ninety-nine (99) Airgain Antennas, to equip existing patrol vehicles with 5G network capabilities.
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Deadline for Action: 10/7/2024
Submitting Department: Police Department
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Chief Jason Salazar, ext. 4215, jason.salazar@visalia.city;
Captain Dan Ford, ext. 4151, daniel.ford@visalia.city;
Financial Analyst Liz Ybarra, ext. 4250, liz.ybarra@visalia.city
Department Recommendation:
Authorize the City Manager to amend the current Fleet 3 Mobile Audio/Video Contract with Axon Enterprise Inc. to advance the purchase of twenty-three (23) in-car camera systems, include 5G network capabilities for 34 new in-car camera systems, and transfer $77,255 from existing ARPA projects with a surplus. Staff is also recommending to appropriate $101,837 from the General Fund to purchase ninety-nine (99) Airgain Antennas, to equip existing patrol vehicles with 5G network capabilities.
Summary:
The Visalia Police Department has begun taking receipt of 34 patrol vehicles ordered in the fall of 2023. To equip all of these vehicles with Mobile Audio/Video (MAV) in-car camera systems, the current contract with Axon Enterprise needs to be amended to advance the purchase of 23 Axon Fleet in-car camera systems that were originally scheduled to be ordered in years four and five of the contract (11 in FY24/25 and 12 in FY25/26), in addition to the 11 systems that are slated to be installed this year. This advance is due to the Department ordering a larger number of patrol vehicles due to supply and demand concerns with vendors for police fleets.
Additionally, due to improvements i...
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