ITEM TITLE:
Approval to Purchase Portable and Mobile Radios from L3Harris Technologies for the Valdez Police Department in the Amount of $121,549.70
SUBMITTED BY: Matthew Osburn, IT Director
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: 121,549.70 (2024 State Homeland Security Grant Funding)
Unencumbered Balance: 128,000.00
Funding Source: 350-3500-49500
RECOMMENDATION:
Purchase 15 Radios for Police Department from L3Harris Technologies in the Amount of $121,549.70 using Federal Fiscal Year 2024 State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) Grant Funding.
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The city was awarded $128,000 of the $367,500 requested by the SHSP Grant. The IT Department is using awarded grant funds to order 9 Portable and 7 Mobile radios. This brings our current portables to 15 of the 25 and 8 of the 25 mobile radios that are needed for PD. Continued funding is being sought for the remaining radios needed for both the police and fire department.