Agenda Item Wording:
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Authorization to purchase electronic door access controls - Authorize the City Manager to enter into a purchase agreement with NTM Productions for the design and installation of Verkada electronic door access control systems at various City facilities not to exceed $1,300,000 utilizing the California Multiple Award Schedule contract and appropriate $262,500 in additional funding.
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Agenda Date: 11/02/2026
Prepared by:
Jaime Salazar, IS Supervisor, jaime.salazar@visalia.gov, 559-713-4121
John Howison, IS Manager, john.howison@visalia.gov, 559-713-4122
Renee Nagel, Finance & Technology Services Director, renee.nagel@visalia.gov, 559-713-4375
Department Recommendation: Staff recommend that the City Council authorize the City Manager to enter into a purchase agreement with NTM Productions for the design and installation of Verkada electronic door access control systems at various City facilities not to exceed $1,300,000 utilizing the California Multiple Award Schedule (CMAS) and appropriate $262,500 in additional funding.
Summary:
Staff is seeking to improve the security and efficiency of managing employee and guest access to City facilities by modernizing the door access controls. Today, access to a City facility is controlled by a key or punch pad style door lock. Staff is recommending that the City move to a digital control system that would allow staff to assign and revoke access to a door or facility immediately.
The system being proposed would match the system being installed in the Phase 2 Civic Center project that is currently underway.
Background Discussion:
Employee access to City facilities is controlled by various keys, punch codes, and access card systems. The proposed solution would standardize access and increase employee safety by removing the keys and punch codes used today and replacing them with a simple employee ID badge that would double as a “key” to enter a facility.
Newly onboarded employees woul...
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