HomeMy WebLinkAbout4/24/2002 - STAFF REPORTS (14) Date: April 2002
� To: City Council
From: Police Chief
PURCHASE OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that City Council approve the purchase of 12 computers and 64 monitors
for the Police Department from Dell Computers in the amount of $78,385.97, participating in
the Western States Contracting Alliance price schedule.
SUMMARY:
These grant-funded purchases will provide computers for Detective Bureau and command
personnel and will help reduce eyestrain of Department computer users.
BACKGROUND:
The twelve new computers will go to the detectives and the command staff. Currently the
nineteen Detective Bureau personnel share one computer terminal. The new computers will
allow each detective to have their own computer with a connection to our Records
Management System allowing them to research their own reports instead of relying on
Records personnel to search for them. Currently, the command staff do not have computers
other than their laptops, which cannot be connected with our Records Management System.
The flat panel monitors are designed to alleviate excessive eyestrain and "fluttering" caused
by the traditional computer monitor
The Director of Procurement and Contracting, pursuant to the requirements of Section
7.09.010 of the Municipal Code, finds that utilization of the Western States Contracting
Alliance price schedule with Dell Computer to procure the proposed equipment is adequate to
protect the public interest, and the total cost of the equipment is likely to be less than could be
obtained through an independent City competitive process.
Funds for this purpose are available from the following sources:
Police Grants, '99-'00 State LLEB Grant Account, #3201 52018 $ 4,222.91
Police Grants, '00-'01 State LLEB Grant Account, #3201-52040 $27,173.59
Police Grants, '01-'02 Federal LLEB Grant Account, #3201-52042 $ 3,490.47
Police Gra '01"02 Stat T chnology Grant Account, #3201-52044 $43,499.00
C. L e Weigel Harold E. Good
Pofice Chief Director, Department of Procurement &
Contracting
APPROVED:
City Manager
Attachment: Minute Order
MINUTE ORDER NO.
APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF 12 COMPUTERS AND 64
MONITORS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM DELL
COMPUTERS IN THE AMOUNT OF $78,385.97,
PARTICIPATING IN THE WESTERN STATES CONTRACTING
ALLIANCE PRICE SCHEDULE
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that this Minute Order approving the purchase of 12 computers and 64
monitors for the Police Department from Dell Computers in the amount of $78,385.97,
participating in the Western States Contracting Alliance price schedule, was adopted by the
City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, in a meeting thereof held on the 3rd day of
April, 2002.
PATRICIA SANDERS
City Clerk