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RESOLUTION NO. 567
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS , AUTHORIZING HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL TO
SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
DIVISION AND TO CONTRACT WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS
CORPORATION ( ICC) FOR THE PURCHASE OF HIGH SPEED VIDEO
(CRT) TERMINAL DEVICES .
WHEREAS , the City of Baytown wishes to participate in a
Houston-Galveston Area Council project designed to improve
law enforcement by upgrading the operating efficiency of
regional law enforcement agencies with the acquisition of
new, improved high speed video (CRT) telecommunications
terminals to replace the existing teletype units and add new
subscribers on Texas ' Law Enforcement Telecommunications
Network (TLETN) ; and
WHEREAS , it is recognized that Criminal Justice Division
funding is available to those units of government who agree
to accept the lawfully promulgated rules and regulations for
administration of grants so funded; and
WHEREAS , the City of Baytown is desirous of obtaining
Criminal Justice Division funding of a portion of the purchase
price and first year ' s maintenance cost of the new terminal ;
and
WHEREAS , the City of Baytown recognizes that the portion
of the purchase price and first year ' s maintenance costs
required to be paid by the City of Baytown will be an amount
not to exceed Three Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-Four and 30/100
($3, 984. 30) Dollars , and that subsequent years ' maintenance
costs will not be funded by the Houston-Galveston Area
Council nor the Texas Criminal Justice Division, and that
these subsequent years ' maintenance costs are contractually
guaranteed at One Hundred Five and No/100 ($105. 00) per
month, One Thousand Two Hundred Sixty and No/100 ($1, 260. 00)
per year, until January, 1982 ; and
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WHEREAS , an agency receiving equipment under the project
will be required to provide a suitable site for the equip-
ment to include a sturdy table or desk for the equipment to
be placed upon and an electrical circuit providing for three
(3 ) 115 VAC electrical outlets, within five (5) feet of the
physical location of the terminal , three-prong, grounded,
type capable of providing up to five (5) amperes of current
to each of the three (3) outlets; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1 : That the City of Baytown consents to and
authorizes the Houston-Galveston Area Council to submit a
grant application to the Criminal Justice Division and to
execute a contract with International Communications Corporation
( ICC) for the purchase and maintenance of one (or more) high
speed video (CRT) terminal devices .
Section 2 : That the City of Baytown agrees to pay the
cash commitment required to participate in the project and
that the City of Baytown will cooperate with the Houston-
Galveston Area Council and International Communications
Corporation to set up a billing and payment procedure that
will allow for a smooth transition when the funded project
expires after 12 months; and agrees to continue the operation
of funded equipment , using locally budgeted funds , for law
enforcement or Criminal Justice purposes for the useful life
of the equipment .
Section 3 : That the City of Baytown certifies by
adoption of this resolution that the City of Baytown meets
one of the following eligibility conditions for participation
in this project :
(a) Replacement of an existing terminal or teletype
already on the Texas Law Enforcement Telecommuni-
cations Network (TLETN) , or;
(b) Has 24-hour, 7 days per week, dispatching with one
or more people on duty to operate radio and terminal
equipment , or ;
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(c) Has at least 18-hour dispatching, 7 days per week
and has 10 full-time commissioned and certified
police officers or deputies , not including the Chief
of Police nor other City official who may be
commissioned and/or certified, or;
(d) Has at least 12-hour dispatching, 7 days per week
and is the only terminal equipped law enforcement
agency with a 50 mile radius and is willing to
serve as an inquiry point for all other law enforce-
ment agencies in the immediate vicinity.
Section 4 : That this resolution shall become effective
immediately from and after its passage by the City Council.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council on this 24th day of March 1977 .
TOM GENTRY, Mayor
ATTEST :
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
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NEEL RI HA DSON, City Attorney
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