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19-R-115 Motorola purchases radios, equipment and technology up to 125KRESOLUTION NO. 19 -R -115 A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF SCHERTZ AUTHORIZING PURCHASES UP TO TWO HUNDRED TWENTY -FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS WITH MOTOROLA FOR RADIOS, EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY. WHEREAS, the Schertz Police Department has a need to purchase emergency vehicle radios and equipment to outfit new Ford Explorers and Officers; and WHEREAS, various other city departments have a need to purchase communication equipment and technology from Motorola; and WHEREAS, the Schertz Police Department envisions the need to purchase additional hardware throughout the fiscal year 2019 -2020 to include vehicle radio equipment, officer portable radio equipment and any incidental purchases that include hardware or software warranty costs or replacement not to exceed one hundred twenty -five thousand dollars ($125.000) ; and WHEREAS, the Schertz Fire Department envisions the need to purchase additional hardware throughout the fiscal year 201 -2020 to include vehicle radios and staff portable radios and replacement accessories not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) ; and WHEREAS, Schertz EMS envisions the need to purchase additional hardware throughout the fiscal year 2019 -2020 to include vehicle radios and staff portable radios and replacement accessories not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) ; and WHEREAS, the City of Schertz is therefore expecting the total purchases to exceed the $50,000 threshold there is a necessity for Council to authorize the additional expenditures; and WHEREAS, the Schertz Police Department has done due diligence in researching what emergency vehicle equipment is required to fit the needs of the department, to obtain the best pricing and to provide the best quality of emergency vehicle equipment that ensures longevity in its use; and WHEREAS, the Schertz Police Department has chosen Motorola, a HGAC Purchasing Cooperative vendor, for the emergency equipment to outfit new Ford Explorers and Officers; and WHEREAS, The City has determined that Motorola provides the best -value to the City for essential equipment including radios, equipment and technology; and WHEREAS, the HGAC Purchasing Cooperative is a national online purchasing cooperative formed between the National School Boards Association and several state school boards associations, developed to comply with state laws which require government entities to make purchases through a competitive procurement process; and WHEREAS, HGAC gives public entities the advantage of leveraging the cooperative's ability to obtain bulk discounts, combined with the ease of online, web -based shopping and ordering; and WHEREAS, purchases under the cooperative programs meet the requirements under the Texas Local Government Purchasing Code rule for cooperative purchases as adopted by the City of Schertz Resolution 11 -R -41 on August 30, 2011 amending the City's purchasing policy; and WHEREAS, the City of Schertz will fund the purchase of emergency communication equipment through the city's general fund, seized assets and donated funds. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS THAT: Section 1. The City Council hereby authorizes purchases with Motorola not to exceed TWO HUNDRED TWENTY -FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($225,000). Section 2. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be true, and such recitals are hereby made a part of this Resolution for all purposes and are adopted as a part of the judgment and findings of the City Council. Section 3. All resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with any provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the provisions of this Resolution shall be and remain controlling as to the matters resolved herein. Section 4. This Resolution shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and the United States of America. Section 5. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Resolution and the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and the City Council hereby declares that this Resolution would have been enacted without such invalid provision. Section 6. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which this Resolution is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Resolution, was given, all as required by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended. Section 7. This Resolution shall be in force and effect from and after its final passage, and it is so resolved. PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 10th day of September, 2019. CITY OF RTZ, TEXAS c el R. Carpenter, Mayor T: enda Dennis, City Secretary �-- i f