RESO CC 03/29/77 - HGAC high speed video grantRESOLUTION 77 -11
CITY OF HUNTSVILLE
WHEREAS, Huntsville wishes to participate in a Houston - Galveston Area
Council project designed to improve law enforcement by upgrading the operating
efficiency of regional law enforcement agencies with the acquisition of new,
improved high speed video (CRT) telecommunications terminals to replace the
existing teletype units and add new subscribers on Texas' Law Enforcement
Telecommunications Network (TLETN), and;
WHEREAS, it is recognized that Criminal Justice Division funding is
available to those units of government who agree to accept the lawfully
promulgated rules and regulations for administration of grants so funded,
and;
WHEREAS, Huntsville is desirous of obtaining Criminal Justice Division
funding of a portion of the purchase price and first year's maintenance cost
of the new terminal, and;
WHEREAS, Huntsville recognizes that the portion of the purchase price
and first year's maintenance cost required to be paid by Huntsville will be
an amount not to exceed $3,984.30, and that subsequent years' maintenance
costs will not be funded by the Houston- Galveston Area Council nor the Texas
Criminal Justice Division, and that those subsequent years' maintenance costs
are contractually guaranteed at $105 per month, $1,260 -per year, until January,
1982, and;
WHEREAS, an agency receiving equipment under the project will be required
to provide a suitable site for the equipment to include a sturdy table or desk
for the equipment to be placed upon and an electrical circuit providing for
three (3) 115 VAC electrical outlets, within five (5) feet of the physical
location of the terminal, three - prong, grounded, type capable of providing up
to five (5) amperes of current to each of the three (3) outlets.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Huntsville consents to and authorizes
the Houston- Galveston Area Council to submit a grant application to the
Criminal Justice Division and to execute a contract with International Com-
munications Corporation (IOC) for the purchase and maintenance of one (or
more) high speed video (CRT) terminal devices; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Huntsville agrees to pay the cash commitment
required to participate in the project and that Huntsville will cooperate with
the Houston - Galveston Area Council and International Communications Corporation
to set up a billing and payment procedure that will allow for a smooth transi-
tion when the funded project expires after 12 months; and, agrees to continue
the operation of funded equipment, using locally budgeted funds, for law enforce-
ment or Criminal Justice purposes for the useful life of the equipment.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Huntsville certifies by adoption cf.' this
resolution that the City of Huntsville meets one of the following eligibility
conditions for participation in this project:
Replacement of an existing terminal ar teletype already on the
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Texas Law Enforcement Telecommunications Network (TLETN), or;
b. Has 24 -hour, 7 days per week, dispatching with one or more people
on duty to operate radio and terminal equipment, or;
c. Has at least 18 -hour dispatching, 7 days per week and has 10 full -
time commissioned and certified police officers or deputies, not
including the Chief of Police nor other city official who may be
commissioned and /or certified, or;
d. Has at least 12 -hour dispatching, 7 days per week and is the only
terminal equipped law enforcement agency within a 50 mile radius
and is willing to serve as an inquiry point for all other law
enforcement agencies in the immediate vicinity.
DULY ADOPTED at a meeting of the City of Huntsville's City Council
on the 29th day of March, 1977.
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ATTEST*
e -aw, City Secretary
APPr'VED AS TO FORM:
THE CITY OF HUNNTSVILJ E, TEXAS
By: ( >?'r^-, 4F-
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Martin D. Colley, City Attorney