Title
Resolution - A Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Lease-Purchase Agreement with Motorola for the Purchase of Public Safety Equipment
Requested Action
Approve Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Lease-Purchase Agreement with Motorola for the Purchase of Public Safety Equipment.
Recommendation
City staff recommends that the City Council of the City of Mansfield, Texas authorize the City Manager to enter into a lease-purchase agreement with Motorola to purchase handheld radio equipment that engages the use of digital technologies to facilitate reliable emergency service communications within and about the City of Mansfield, Texas.
Description/History
This is the third and final phase of the original 110 handheld radio replacement purchasing agreement. The 36 replacement handheld radios listed in this Equipment Lease-Purchase Agreement are for the Fire Department.
Justification
The APX 7000XE handheld radios (36) listed in the lease-purchase agreement are designed specifically for fire service operations. These radios will replace radios currently in service in the fire department (APX6000) and those radios will be transitioned to other divisions within Public Safety to replace radios (XTS5000) which are no longer supported by Motorola.
Funding Source
Lease-Purchase to be funded, as outlined in the Lease-Purchase Agreement, out of the General Fund.
Prepared By
Tracy L. Aaron, Chief of Police, Mansfield Police Department 817-804-5782
Bill Lane, Director of Public Safety 817-276-4709