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. . . . e e 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;