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Council authorizes police chief to sign new subscription contract for Spillman; annual cost to drop about $5,000
Summary
Preston approved moving its Spillman public safety records/dispatch system to a subscription model and authorized the police chief to sign the revised contract after city attorney review. Staff said the change will reduce annual costs from a little over $15,000 to about $10,008 beginning with the next fiscal year.
The Preston City Council voted to authorize Police Chief McKemnan to sign a subscription-based contract with Spillman Technologies for public-safety records and dispatch services, after review by the city attorney.
At the meeting, Chief McKemnan told the council the police department has used Spillman since 2009; earlier tools were local systems for reporting. The current maintenance arrangement will be replaced by a subscription model that,…
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