Council acts on smaller business, procurement and grant items; consent calendar approved

Gardena — In addition to the evening’s two large items (the Normandy Crossing specific plan and closed‑session actions), the City Council took several discrete votes on Jan. 14 on procurement, grant and consent items.

Key motions and outcomes

- Consent calendar: The council approved the consent calendar (unanimous roll call recorded: Serta, Tanaka, Henderson, Francis, Love).

- Rejection of bids for Major Incident Response Vehicle (MERV): Staff recommended rejecting the single proposal received for an outfitted MERV because the sole proposal exceeded budget. The council voted to reject all bids and authorized staff to rebid the RFP; the mandatory pre‑bid meeting requirement will be removed to encourage additional bidders. Vote: unanimous.

- Approval of real‑time data integration contract (Peregrine Technologies): The council approved a three‑year agreement for a hosted data‑integration and analytics platform (Peregrine Technologies) to unify CAD, RMS, body‑camera indexes and other data sources for the police department. The cost is approximately $91,000 per year (three‑year total not to exceed $272,273) funded by COPS/OP grants (no general‑fund impact). Vote: unanimous.

- Acceptance of federal tobacco‑prevention grant: The council accepted a U.S. Department of Justice‑related tobacco grant award ($99,023) to fund minor‑decoy compliance operations, retail inspections and community education about youth tobacco use and enforcement. Vote: unanimous.

Other actions

- Planning & Environmental Quality Commission: The council called for review of a Planning Commission action (PC action sheet item 10c) regarding a conditional use permit and site plan review for Environmental Charter High School at 2818 Manhattan Beach Boulevard; the Planning Commission had approved a modified CUP and directed staff to file a CEQA notice of exemption.

Why it matters

- Reissuing the MERV RFP aims to ensure the city receives competitive pricing for a critical public‑safety vehicle. - The Peregrine contract is intended to save investigator time and improve the department’s ability to analyze and share public‑safety data (staff described time‑savings and improved reporting capabilities to respond to public records requests and to support investigations). - Tobacco‑prevention grant funding supports youth tobacco compliance and retail education.

Speakers (attribution whitelist)

- Chief Seffel — Police chief (presented retiree recognition and items attended to by PD). - City Manager (present for procurement items). - Representatives from Peregrine Technologies (presentation and Q&A: Jordan Krasik).

Actions (summary)

- Motion to reject all bids and reissue RFP for MERV (Item 15a): Approved unanimously (motion: Mayor Pro Tem Tanaka; second: Councilmember Love recorded). Staff instructed to remove mandatory pre‑bid meeting requirement when reissuing. - Motion to approve three‑year agreement with Peregrine Technologies for data integration (Item 15b): Approved unanimously; amount not to exceed $272,273; funded by COPS/OP grant (no general‑fund impact). - Motion to accept tobacco prevention grant (Item 15c): Approved unanimously (grant amount $99,023); authorized expenditures. - Motion to adopt the consent calendar (Item 8): Approved unanimously.

Clarifying details

- MERV procurement: only one company attended the mandatory pre‑bid meeting and only that firm submitted; the single proposal exceeded available budget. - Peregrine costs: $91,000 per year; three‑year contract $272,273 (rounded per staff). The system will be hosted on CJIS‑compliant cloud infrastructure; staff described planned integrations with CAD, RMS and evidence systems. - Tobacco grant: Minor decoy operations and retail checks planned; the program also funds community education.

Meeting context

- Engagement level: These items were handled after the Normandy and closed‑session matters; most votes were unanimous. - Implementation risk: low to medium depending on rebid outcomes and successful systems integrations.

Searchable tags

["procurement","public safety","grants","Peregrine","MERV","tobacco grant"]

Provenance

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