Lake Worth Beach City Limits: Very big news. Item 9A on tomorrow’s City Commission agenda:

Monday, June 18, 2018

Very big news. Item 9A on tomorrow’s City Commission agenda:

“Purchase of Automated License Plate Readers and Surveillance Camera System”.

Also on the agenda tomorrow is Item 5A: “Quarterly PBSO Presentation given by Captain Todd Baer”.

Excerpts from Item 9A are below.

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ITEM 9A:

Executive Brief: Authorization for the Purchase of Automated License Plate Readers and Surveillance Camera System and for the City Manager to execute necessary purchasing documents or Interlocal Agreement.

Summary: The Authorization provides for the use of $332,012 in surtax funds for the acquisition and installation of Automated License Plate Readers and Surveillance Cameras throughout the City to be monitored by the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office.

Background and Justification: The City of Lake Worth has been chosen to be part of a pilot program for PBSO’s Real Time Crime Center. Analysts, dispatchers and alternate duty deputies are currently utilizing a limited number of surveillance cameras and automated license plate readers (“ALPR”) to communicate real time crime information to deputies on the street. The use of the ALPR has resulted in hundreds of arrests since the initial deployment throughout PBSO’s service areas. In total the City will be installing twenty-two (22) ALPR and twenty (20) surveillance cameras. The additional ALPR and surveillance cameras will enable PBSO to install them at all ingress and egress points in the city which will greatly assist in further reducing crime in the City.

The cost for the twenty-two (22) ALPR is two hundred forty-nine thousand twenty dollars ($249,020) which includes installation costs, the cost for the twenty (20) additional surveillance cameras is eighty-two thousand nine hundred ninety-two dollars ($82,992), for a total cost of three hundred thirty-two thousand twelve dollars ($332,012).

In April 2016, the City Commission entered into an Interlocal Agreement with Palm Beach County and the School District of Palm Beach County to support a one-cent infrastructure surtax. In November 2016, the one cent sales tax was approved by 56.63% of the voters of Palm Beach County. As a result, the City will receive approximately $21,675,296 million dollars over a 10-year period to identify and complete projects that meet the surtax ordinance criteria. The surtax funds can be used by the City to acquire, finance, plan, construct, reconstruct, renovate and improve needed infrastructure such as property, buildings, equipment, roads, bridges, sidewalks, streetlights, signalization, parks, recreational facilities, drainage, wastewater facilities, and public safety vehicles and equipment that all provide a public purpose and benefit for a minimum of five years.

The City has received a sole source letter from the manufacturer and installer of the ALPR and will be utilizing PBSO’s specifications for the purchase of the equipment necessary to build and install the surveillance cameras. Both purchases will qualify as sole source purchases under the City’s Procurement Code. However, the City is currently working with PBSO to determine the best contractual vehicle(s) to efficiently make the purchases either through direct purchases by the City or an Interlocal Agreement with PBSO for the City to transfer the funds to PBSO to make the purchase. Authorization to the City Manager to sign off on the finalized purchasing documents or Interlocal Agreement will provide flexibility in accomplishing the purchases.

MOTION: I move to approve/disapprove the purchase of automated license plate readers and surveillance cameras in the amount of $332,012 and authorize the City Manager to execute necessary purchasing documents or Interlocal Agreement.