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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2012-0015TITLE: CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO RESOLUTION NO. 15 Series of 2012 A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2012 EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND BUDGET TO REFLECT THE APPROVAL OF A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $236,750 FOR THE PURCHASE OF POLICE DEPARTMENT PORTABLE RADIOS WHEREAS, Pursuant to Section 10 .12 of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws , the City Council may make supplemental appropriations by resolution during the fiscal year for unanticipated expenditures required for the operation of the City using monies not anticipated in the adopted budget that have become available to the City; and WHEREAS, , the portable radios carried by police officers, community service officers, and mun icipal court marshals are incompatible with the new Digital Trunking Radio (DTR) infrastructure recently installed on Green Mountain and Mount Morrison and this incompatibility has resulted in critical radio communications limitation problems; and WHEREAS, exhaustive efforts to make the current police portable radios compatible with the new digital technology have not been successful; and WHEREAS, the operability of police emergency radio communications is critical to the safety of the public and police employees; and WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge participates in an Intergovernmental Agreement with the West Metro Fire Protection District and the City of Wheat Ridge to utilize their 800 MHz radio system infrastructure; and WHEREAS, Harris , Inc. is the sole source to purchase P7300 Portable Radios , which are compatible with the 800 MHz radio system infrastructure . The radio equipment is proprietary to Harris, Inc. and must be purchased solely from said corporation to ensure full compatibility with the current police radio system , the Communications Center at 7500 W . 29th Ave , and our communications partners; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, as follows: A. The City of Wheat Ridge fiscal year 2012 Budget is amended accordingly, specifically transferring a total of $236 ,750 from the Equipment Replacement Fund undesignated reserves to account number 57-201-800-809. ATIEST: ,54/.{t(. ~~ ~~ Janelle Sha~it}/ier