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Brighton council approves $41,058.66 NVR server purchase for police and city cameras
Summary
Council approved purchase, installation and software upgrades for a new 72-terabyte Avigilon NVR server and refresh of the existing city NVR at cost not to exceed $41,058.66; staff said the upgrade will expand storage for 4K cameras and provide redundancy.
Brighton City Council voted to authorize the purchase and installation of a new 72-terabyte network video recorder (NVR) server to house police and city camera footage, including associated software upgrades and a refresh of the current city NVR, in an amount not to exceed $41,058.66.
Police leadership told council the department currently operates on a 16-terabyte server and the city has an additional 52-terabyte server with failing components. The new 72-terabyte unit is intended to "future proof" storage capacity for higher-resolution 4K cameras and allow expansion of the camera and keyless entry systems. Chief Procter (police) said the 72TB unit, combined with the refurbished 52TB server as a backup, would provide automatic failover for recording critical cameras such as interview rooms.
Chief Procter said the vendor, Tom Kennett at Essential Electric, identified the configuration and that the city realized cost savings of about $17,804 on the project through vendor discounts and rebates. Council member Gibson moved to approve the purchase; Council member Gardner seconded. The motion passed on a voice vote and the mayor declared the motion passed.
Staff said the refreshed architecture will store city and police footage at the police department and that the existing 52TB server will be maintained as a backup and receive necessary hard-drive and battery replacements to remain operational should the new unit experience a catastrophic failure.
