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Lubbock council unanimously approves police vehicle laptops, five zoning changes and annexation agreement
Summary
The City Council approved purchase of Getac laptop units for police cars, rezoned five properties (7.1–7.5) and approved an annexation municipal services agreement for 121.8 acres (7.6). All votes were unanimous on April 22, 2024.
The Lubbock City Council unanimously approved several routine but consequential items on April 22, 2024: a procurement to equip police vehicles with new Getac laptop units (Item 6.5), five zoning changes (Items 7.1–7.5), and an annexation municipal‑services agreement for roughly 121.8 acres south of Loop 88 and west of Milwaukee Avenue (Item 7.6).
Getac devices for police vehicles: The council approved replacing in‑vehicle computing units with Getac units at a total cost of $5,815 per vehicle. City staff broke the price down to a $3,114 hardware unit plus costs for preloaded software, mounting hardware and installation and the labor to remove and redeploy older units. City Manager Atkinson said many existing units will be redeployed to lower‑intensity uses (public works, codes, environmental health) rather than discarded. The city will pay for the purchase with cash via internal IT internal‑service rates; the vendor arrangement described in staff documents…
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