Ordinance No. 14,445ORDINANCE NO. 14,445
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE AND 40:' 100 DOLLARS
($120,433.40) TO AXON ENTERPRISE INC. F/K/A TASER INTERNATIONAL,
INC., FOR THE FOURTH -YEAR OF A FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S BODY -WORN CAMERA REPLACEMENT PROGRAM,
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 fourth of five payments for the replacement program is now due; 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 TWENTY THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE AND 40100
DOLLARS ($120,433.40) to Axon Enterprise Inc. f/k/a Taser International, Inc., for the fourth -year
of a five-year plan for the Police Department's Body -Worn Camera Replacement Program.
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 N& 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 after its passage by the
City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City C uncil of the City
of Baytown this the 91b day of July, 2020.
BRANDON OAYELLO, 4yor
ATTEST:
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LETICIA BRYSCH Ci Clerk
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
KAREN L. HORNER, Interim City Attorney
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