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MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNICATIONS
Date:
1-20-05
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Subject
AWARDING OF BID FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT
RADAR SPEED MONITORING TRAILER
RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Police Department recommends that the City Council award the bid for one (1) Traffic Speed
Monitoring Trailer in the amount of $7,550 to Decatur Electronics Inc. of Decatur, Illinois.
BACKGROUND:
The purchase of this tool will support our effort to educate motorist through speed awareness without
conducting speed enforcement. Our goal is to encourage speed compliance which has a direct correlation
to speed related accidents. A Speed Monitoring Trailer will alert a motorist of their speed and allow the
motorist to reduce their speed if they are exceeding the speed limit. This Speed Monitoring Trailer will
provide information about traffic flow and speed that will be used to determine speed enforcement areas
where an officer can be assigned.
Vendors
Decatur Electronics Inc. of Decatur, Illinois
MPH Industries of Owensboro, Kentucky
Monitor Systems of Dallas, Texas
Traffic Display Monitoring o£Dallas, Texas
Kustom Signals Inc. of Lenexa, Kansas
BidPrices
$7,550
$7,621
$8,560
$10,010
$10,497
BUDGET/FISCAL EFFECT:
Funds for this purchase were approved in the 2005 budget account 125.1101.521.92.00 Police
Department seizure fund.
STAFF/EMPLOYEE EFFECT:
Approval of the Traffic Speed Monitoring Trailer will not affect staffing.
SUMMARY:
The Police Department reCOmmends that the City Council award the bid for one (1) Traffic Speed
Monitoring Trailer in the amount of $7,550 to Decatur Electronics of Decatur, Blinois. This price is the
lowest and most responsive bid.
Chief of Police
L40seph Broussard
Purchasing Coordinator
Rebecca Underhill
Director of Finance
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