File #: 19817    Version: 0 Name: Taser contract Axon Enterprise
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 4/5/2018 In control: Justice and Law Enforcement Committee
On agenda: 4/9/2018 Final action: 4/16/2018
Title: A RESOLUTION awarding a forty-eight month contract for the furnishing of conducted electrical weapons (Tasers) for use by the Sheriff's Office to Axon Enterprise (formerly Taser International, Inc.,) of Scottsdale, AZ, at an annual cost to the County in the amount of $43,200.00, as a sole source purchase.
Sponsors: Alfred Jordan
Indexes: CONTRACT, SHERIFF'S EQUIPMENT, TASERS
Attachments: 1. 19817bu.pdf, 2. 19817adopt.pdf
Related files: 19419, 20907

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

 

Title

A RESOLUTION awarding a forty-eight month contract for the furnishing of conducted electrical weapons (Tasers) for use by the Sheriff’s Office to Axon Enterprise (formerly Taser International, Inc.,) of Scottsdale, AZ, at an annual cost to the County in the amount of $43,200.00, as a sole source purchase.

 

 

Intro

RESOLUTION NO. 19817, April 9, 2018

 

INTRODUCED BY Alfred Jordan, County Legislator

 

 

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 WHEREAS, the Sheriff’s Office desires to purchase new conducted electrical weapons (Tasers) to replace its aging supply of such weapons; and,

 

WHEREAS, by Resolution 19419, dated March 20, 2017, the Legislature did award a sixty-month contract for the furnishing of conducted electrical weapons (Tasers) for use by the Sheriff’s Office; and,

 

WHEREAS, in the interim Taser International has changed its corporate name to Axon Enterprise; and,

 

WHEREAS, the Department of Finance and Purchasing desires to renew the  contract with Axon Enterprise as originally approved by Resolution 19419; and,

 

WHEREAS, the Department of Finance and Purchasing recommends the award of a forty-eight month contract for the furnishing of conducted electrical weapons (Tasers) for use by the Sheriff’s Office to Axon Enterprise of Scottsdale, AZ, at a annual cost to the County not to exceed $43,200.00, as a sole source purchase; and,

 

WHEREAS, section 1030.1, Jackson County Code, 1984, eliminates the requirement for competitive bidding when items to be purchased can be obtained from only one source; and,

 

WHEREAS, the Department of Finance and Purchasing further recommends that it not take competitive bids for these items for the reason that Axon Enterprise is the only provider of the conducted electrical source weapons suitable for use by law enforcement; and,

 

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that award be made as recommended by the Department of Finance and Purchasing, and that the Department of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to execute for the County any documents, including future options to extend, necessary for the accomplishment of the award; and,

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Finance and Purchasing is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the contract, to the extent that sufficient appropriations are contained in the then current Jackson County budget.

Enacted and Approved

Effective Date:  This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.

 

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

 

 

______________________________                                            ________________________________

Chief Deputy County Counselor                                                               County Counselor

 

Certificate of Passage

 

I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 19817 of April 9, 2018, was duly passed on April 16, 2018 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:

 

 

Yeas ______8_________                                                               Nays _____0______

 

 

Abstaining ____0_______                                                               Absent ____1________

 

 

 

 

 

_______________________                                                               ______________________________

Date                                                                                                                                                   Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature

 

Fiscal Note

There is a balance otherwise unencumbered to the credit of the appropriation to which the expenditure is chargeable and there is a cash balance otherwise unencumbered in the treasury to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made each sufficient to provide for the obligation herein authorized.

 

 

ACCOUNT NUMBER:                      004                     4201                     56790

ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          Special Road and Bridge Fund

                                                                                    Sheriff

                                                                                    Other Contractual Svc                     

NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $43,200.00

 

Funding for future years is subject to appropriation in the County’s then current annual budget.

 

 

________________________                                                               _______________________________

Date                                                                                                                                                   Chief Administrative Officer