Subject
Motion - The Office of Council District 3 has received requests to sell Mobile Data Terminals (MDTs) to various police departments throughout California. MDTs are computerized devices used in emergency vehicles to communicate with a central dispatch office. The City has recently declared 148 MDTs surplus items that will fulfill the request of these organizations. In an effort to support the public safety needs of fellow law enforcement agencies, the City should sell 148 surplus MDTs to the following organizations for the below market sale price of $1.00 per organization:
1. California State Parks Angeles District, Malibu Sector - 20
2. Rio Vista Police Department - 30
3. Auburn Police Department - 50
4. Solano County Administration Center - 15
5. Stockton Unified School District Police Department - 15
6. Baldwin Park School Police Department - 18
Total 148 MDTs
Based upon the criteria established in Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 22.547, the abovementioned organizations are eligible to receive this donation and there are no other unfilled requests waiting ahead of these organizations for this type of equipment.
THEREFORE MOVE that the City Council:
1. Authorize the sale of 148 surplus Mobile Data Terminals to the aforementioned organizations for $1.00 per organization, and that the City Council find this sale and transfer of surplus equipment fulfills a humanitarian purpose.
2. Request the City Attorney to expedite preparation of the appropriate documents to effectuate the sale and transfer of the above identified surplus equipment at below market value to the aforementioned organizations.
3. Instruct the City Clerk to inform the following organizations that the Mobile Data Terminals must be claimed within 60 days from the date of Council approval of the request, at which time it will revert to the City's surplus equipment pool for disposal by the Department of General Services:
* California State Parks Angeles District, Malibu Sector (James Valdez, 9000 West Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90265, (530) 227-7848)
* Rio Vista Police Department (Nicholas McDowell, 50 Poppy House Road, Rio Vista, CA 94571, (707) 374-6366 ext. 109)
* Auburn Police Department (Scott Burns, 1215 Lincoln Way, Auburn, CA 95603, (530)823-4237 ext. 202)
* Solano County Administration Center (Kurtis L. Cardwell, 675 Texas Street Suite 4500, Fairfield, CA 94533, (707) 784-4706)
* Stockton Unified School District Police Department (Donald N. Swartz, Chief of Police, 1326 North San Joaquin Street, Stockton, CA 95202, (209) 933-7085 ext. 2461)
* Baldwin Park School Police Department (Mitchell R. Alvarado, 2699 North Holly Avenue, Baldwin Park, CA 91706, (626) 856-4364)
File History
10-25-06 - This day's Council session
10-25-06 - Ref to Budget and Finance Committee
10-25-06 - File to Budget and Finance Committee Clerk
11-9-06 - For ref - Communication from the Chief Legislative Analyst, dated November 9, 2006, relative to the sale of 148 surplus Mobile Date Terminals to various government agencies throughout California, for the below market price of $1.00 per equipment item.
11-13-06 - Ref to Budget and Finance Committee - to Committee Clerk
11-17-06 - Council Action - Budget and Finance Committee report ADOPTED:
1. AUTHORIZE the sale of 148 surplus Mobile Data Terminals (MDTs) to the following government agencies for $1.00 per equipment item and FIND that this sale and transfer of surplus equipment fulfills a humanitarian purpose:
Agency No. MDTs
a. California State Parks Angeles District, Malibu Sector 20
b. Rio Vista Police Department 30
c. Auburn Police Department 50
d. Solano County Administration Center 15
e. Stockton Unified School District Police Department 15
f. Baldwin Park School Police Department 18
Total 148
2. REQUEST the City Attorney to expedite preparation of the appropriate documents to effectuate the sale and transfer of the above identified surplus equipment at below market value to the abovementioned government agencies, and to notify the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), or designee, to notify the Council District and government agencies.
3. INSTRUCT the City Clerk to inform the abovementioned government agencies that the equipment must be claimed within 60 days from the date Council approves the request, at which time it will revert to the City's surplus equipment pool for disposal by the Department of General Services (GSD).
11-28-06 - File to Budget and Finance Committee Clerk OK
11-30-06 - File in files