Finance Committee Page 4
January 18, 2017
Mr. Caggiano
No, the microphones are cordless mics that will be hooked into the sound system.
Alderman Caron
You have one source; can you explain that to us?
Mr. Caggiano
We took advantage of the Massachusetts Higher Education Consortium Contract. These scoreboards have
already been bid out just like a state bid we are able to take advantage of that pricing and really hone in on
what we want.
Alderman Caron
| think it’s great, thank you.
MOTION CARRIED
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None
NEW BUSINESS — None
TABLED IN COMMITTEE
MOTION BY ALDERMAN SIEGEL TO TAKE FROM THE TABLE THE CONTRACT AWARD FOR ACCESS
CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR SAFE STATIONS SECURITY
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: | Contract Award for Access Control Systems for Safe Stations Security (Value: $44,051);
MOTION BY ALDERMAN SIEGEL TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AWARD TWO CONTRACTS TO
TYCO INTEGRATED SECURITY AND ONE CONTRACT TO CUSTOM COMPUTER SPECIALISTS FOR A
TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT OF $41,726. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN DEPARTMENT 122, INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY; PROPERTY & CASUALTY FUND; LOSS PREVENTION PROGRAM
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Siegel
| am happy that we reviewed this. We got the price down by $2,280 just by doing a little bit more due diligence
and | am in favor of this but | would request for the other four stations going forward, | assume we are going to
want to have some access control security going forward and if possible we do an RFP so we can get it bid out
if that is reasonable.
Assistant Chief Rhodes
Yes, as funds allow we would really like to secure our facilities based upon the world we live in and the
intricacies of our infrastructure and our employees but as | stated the last time this was a more pressing need
for us as we really want to protect our civilian employees.
Alderman Siegel
| agree with your sentiment but | assume going forward we have uncovered a potential weakness in that we
have a possible loss and it would be reasonable to assume that is a loss prevention action and not necessarily
