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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Issue A Purchase Order With Safeware, Inc. For The Purchase Of An Automatic License Plate Recognition System And Associated Equipment In An Amount Not To Exceed $53,306.85.
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The Police Department desires to purchase automatic license plate recognition (LPR) technology and associated equipment which is designed to capture and process images of license plates and to check against a database of known plates as part of the Homeland Security and Public Safety emergency Preparedness. On May 2, 2018, the City Commission passed and adopted Resolution Number R-2018-135 authorizing the acceptance of 2017 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant funds in the approximate amount of $115,113.34 from the Department of Homeland Security to enhance public safety and emergency management UASI approved projects and equipment.
In accordance with Resolution No. R-2018-135 the Police Department will utilize part of these grant funds for the purchase of a license plate recognitions system and associated equipment. As stipulated in the grant award, the City of Miami is the lead administrative agency responsible for facilitating the expenditure and reimbursement of the UASI funds to address the unique equipment, training, planning, exercise and operational needs specified in said grant. These grant funds must be used to defray the cost of purchasing or enhancing public safety and emergency management projects and equipment specified by the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management.
The requested automatic license plate recognition system and associated equipment are available from Safeware, Inc. of Lanham, Maryland pursuant to the U.S. Communities Contract No. 4400008468 and RFP No. 2000002547, which was competitively bid and Safeware, Inc. has agreed to provide the specific requested automated license plate recognition system to the City under similar pricing, terms and conditions. The City has previously purchased similar equipment which is currently in use from Safeware, Inc. of Lanham, Maryland and the product’s performance has been satisfactory.
Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:
Chris O’Brien, Chief of Police
George R. Keller, Jr., CPPT, Assistant City Manager for Public Safety