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RESOLUTION NO. 77-4
WHEREAS, the City of La Porte wishes to participate in a
Houston-Galveston Area Council project designed to improve law en-
forcement 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 ex-
isting teletype units and add new subscribers on Texas' Law Enforce-
ment Telecommunications Network (TLETN), and;
t~EREAS, 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 La Porte 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 La Porte recognizes that the portion
of the purchase price and first year's maintenance cost required to
be paid by the City of La Porte will be an amount not to exceed
($3,984.30), and that subsequent years' maintenance costs will not
be funded by the Houston-Galveston Area Council nor the Texas Criminal
Justice Division, and that those subsequent years' maintenance costs
are contractually guaranteed at ($105) per month, ($1,260) per year,
until January, 1982, and;
WHEREAS, an agency receiving equipment under the project
will be required to provide a suitable site for the equipment to in-
clude a sturdy table or desk for the equipment to be placed upon and
an electrical circuit providing for three (3) 115 VAC electrical out-
lets, 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, that the City of La Porte
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, and;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of La Porte agrees to
pay the cash commitment required to participate in the project and
that the City of La Porte 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 con-
tinue the operation of funded equipment, using locally budgeted funds,
for law enforcement or Criminal Justice purposes for the useful life
of the equipment.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of La Porte certifies
by adoption of this resolution that the City of La Porte 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 Telecom-
munications 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 l8-hour dispatching, 7 days per
week and has 10 full-time commissioned and
certified police officers or deputies,.not
including the (Chief' ,of Police or. Sheriff)
nor other (city. ott~c1al or county' btt1c1al)
who may be commissioned and/or certified, or;
(d) Has at least l2-hour dispatching, 7 days per
week and is the only terminal equipped law
enforcement agency within a 50 mile radius and
is willing to serve as an inquiry point for all
other law enforcement agencies in the immediate
vicinity.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE,
TEXAS, THIS 5 DAY OF April 19 77.
ATTEST:
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J. J. ~mZA, MAYOR
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