2009-08-24 Regular Meeting, Public Hearing and Workshop Meeting of La Porte City Council minutes

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CONTRACT FOR FALSE ALARM BIlliNG AND TRACKING SERVICES THIS CONTRACT FOR FALSE ALARM TRACKING AND BILLING SERVICES ("Contract") made and entered into this _ day of . 2009, by and between the City of La Porte, a Texas municipal corporation ("La Porte") and AOT Public Safety Corporation ("Contractor" or "PSC"), a corporation of the State of Maryland with its principal offices located in Waldorf, Maryland.; WIT N E SSE T H: Whereas, on 2009, the La Porte City Council adopted an Ordinance related to alarm systems and false alarms effective . 2009, ("Alarm Ordinance"); and Whereas, the goal of La Porte is to encourage more responsible use of alarm systems and to reduce the number of false alarms to which peace officers must respond by accurately tracking false alarm instances and assessing fees and penalties as required by the Alarm Ordinance; and Whereas, in its implementation of the Alarm Ordinance, La Porte is authorized to engage a third-party contractor to provide, without limitation, management of false alarms so that persons and organizations that use alarm systems can be held accountable for false alarms through an alarm system registration process and a system of fees; and Whereas, PSC created and markets the proprietary and patented (U.S. Patent No. 6,856,246) administrative software system called CryWolt" ("Software"), an integrated suite of software applications operating in a Windows-based environment, designed to assist false alarm reduction managers and planners in government agencies and industry in accessing information relevant to false alarms, and which has been developed at PSC's private expense for the commercial marketplace and is not in the public domain; and Whereas, the Contractor has offered to implement and provide La Porte false alarm tracking and billing services using its proprietary commercial off-the-shelf false alarm Software; and Whereas, La Porte has accepted the Contractor's offer and desires to engage the Contractor to perform the Alarm Management Services ("AMS") described in Attachment A; and Whereas, the Contractor desires to accept such engagement. Now, Therefore, the parties agree as follows: 1. Term. The term of this Contract shall commence . 2009 (the "Effective Date") and unless terminated as herein provided shall exist and continue for an initial term of three (3) years. La Porte shall have the right at its option to extend the Contract for additional periods of one (1) year each upon the same terms and conditions. The total contract period shall not exceed six (6) years from the Effective Date. The option shall be deemed exercised in each successive year upon written