Ordinance No. 13,813ORDINANCE NO. 13,813
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINE AND 40/100 DOLLARS ($114,409.40) TO
AXON ENTERPRISE INC. F/K/A TASER INTERNATIONAL, INC., FOR THE
PURCHASE OF ONE HUNDRED TEN (110) BODY -WORN CAMERAS WITH
RELATED EQUIPMENT AND AN ALL-INCLUSIVE UNLIMITED DATA
STORAGE PLAN FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THROUGH THE TEXAS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PURCHASING COOPERATIVE (BUY BOARD);
MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR
THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, the City of Baytown is a member of the cooperative purchasing program
established under Sections 271.082 and 271.083 of the Texas Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative's Buy Board Program is
such a program, allowing municipalities to purchase products and/or services in an efficient, cost
effective, and competitive procurement method; and
WHEREAS, the City of Baytown in making a purchase under a state contract through such
cooperative purchasing program satisfies state law requiring municipalities to seek competitive bids
for the purchase of the item;
WHEREAS, on April 13, 2017, City Council approved Ordinance No. 13,449, which
authorized the purchase of one hundred ten (110) body -worn cameras, its related equipment and an
all-inclusive unlimited data storage plan for the Police Department, from Axon Enterprise Inc., f/k/a
Taser International, Inc., through the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (Buy Board);
and
WHEREAS, the second of three payments for the replacement program is now due with the
third being due in 2019; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby authorizes the payment
of ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINE AND 40/100
DOLLARS ($114,409.40) to Axon Enterprise Inc. f/k/a Taser International, Inc. for the one hundred
ten (110) body -worn cameras with related equipment and an all-inclusive unlimited data storage plan
for the Police Department.
Section 2: That the City Manager is hereby granted general authority to approve any
change order involving a decrease or an increase in costs of FIFTY THOUSAND AND NO/100
DOLLARS ($50,000.00) or less, provided that the original contract price may not be increased by
more than twenty-five percent (25%) or decreased by more than twenty-five percent (25%) without
the consent of the contractor to such decrease.
Section 3: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and aft 'r its passage by the
City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of City Council of the City
of Baytown this the 12'' day of July, 2018. _
ATTEST:
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LETICIA BRYSCH, City Merk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
6-1NACIO RAMIREZ, SRUityAttomey
Mayor
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