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City staff present proposed 10-year, $8.7 million contract with Axon for cameras and tasers
Summary
City staff told commissioners the police department negotiated a 10-year, $8.7 million contract with Axon to continue body-worn and in-car cameras and replace Tasers; staff said negotiations cut the initial quote by about $3.5 million.
City staff presented a proposed 10-year contract with Axon to continue the city’s body-worn camera program, expand in-car cameras and replace department Tasers.
Adam, Staff member, told commissioners the contract covers maintenance of body-worn cameras, additional in‑car cameras and swapping current Taser 7 devices for the Taser 10. “They were able to bring them down by about 3 and a half million dollars,” Adam said, describing how negotiations reduced an initial quote that exceeded $12 million to roughly $8.7 million.
Staff described the anticipated payment schedule: the first year of the new contract would continue at the existing annual amount of $705,000; the second year would rise by about $100,000, and each subsequent year of the contract would include an additional approximately $100,000 annual increase, according to Adam.
Commissioners were given the chance to add comments; Joe, Staff member, confirmed Adam’s summary. No formal vote was taken during the agenda-review discussion; the item was presented for review ahead of the commission meeting where staff will seek approval.
The proposal was described as a negotiated renewal of an existing vendor relationship rather than a new procurement, and staff said it preserves the department’s current evidence‑capture systems while upgrading taser models.
