HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-12-12 12-028 ORDERCOUNCIL ACTION
Item No. 12 028
Date: December 122011
Item/Subject: Order, Ratifying the City's Application for up to $55,355 in funds from
the 2011 State Homeland Security Grant Program to be used to Purchase Equipment to
Enhance the Police Department's Tactical Robot
Responsible Department: Police
Commentary: This order will ratify an application for $55,355 from Homeland
Security Funds to purchase equipment to enhance the City Tactical Robot. Currently,
the police department's tactical robot is controlled by using fiber optic cable connected
to a control box. This system of control is subject to accidental damage and, therefore,
failure of the robot. The police department is in need of enhancing its tactical robot by
purchasing a wireless control system. When the police department contacted the Maine
Emergency Management Agency in late November inquiring about the feasibility of
acquiring funding from a future Homeland Security grant, they were told that they
should apply for funding through the competitive 2011 State Homeland Security Grant
Program, which was accepting applications for only another two days. The City applied
for the grant and is now requesting that the Council ratify that application. There is no
matching fund requirement.
This was reviewed and recommended for approval by the Finance Committee at its 12-
5-11 meeting.
Manager's Comments:
Associated Information:
Budget Approval:
Legal Approval:
Intr9duced for CONSENT
✓ Passage
_ First Reading
_ Referral
Department Head
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City Manager
nance Director
City Solicitor
Assigned to Councilor _ Baldacci
CITY OF BANGOR
12 028
December 12, 2011
(TITLE.) Order, Ratifying the City's Application for up to $55,355 in funds from the
2011 State Homeland Security Grant Program to be used to Purchase Equipment to
Enhance the Police Department's Tactical Robot
By the City Council of the City of Bangor.
ORDERED, THAT the application submitted by the City Manager on November 28, 2011,
to the Maine Emergency Management Agency for $55,355 in funding from the 2011
State Homeland Security Grant Program to be used to purchase equipment to enhance
the Police Department's tactical robot be ratified.
IN CITY COUNCIL
December 12, 2011"
Passed
# 12-028
ORDER
(TITLE,) Ratifying fying_ the City's Auplication
for up to $55,355 in Funds from the 2011 State
Homeland Security Grant Program to be used
to purchase Equipment to Enhance the Police
Department's Tact Robot
Assigned to Councilor