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Long Beach council authorizes $40,000 in software and license purchases for police and city offices
Summary
Council approved a resolution to buy software services under New York State contract and transfer funds to cover roughly $40,000 in licenses and cloud services, including Microsoft 365 seats and software tied to license-plate reading and records management.
The Long Beach City Council on Tuesday authorized the city manager to purchase software services under New York State contract and to transfer funds to pay for licenses and cloud services, a package the city said will cost roughly $40,000 this fiscal year.
City staff said the package covers 17 additional Microsoft 365 licenses and subscriptions for several platforms: an expansion of the license-plate-reader system (Azure-based), Veeam (backup software), Wasabi (cloud storage), and Splashtop SOS (remote technical support). Dan Creighton and Al Perez described the increase as a one-time funding adjustment; staff said last year’s costs were about $23,000.
Officials said the 17 new Microsoft seats are being split between the police department and the community development office. Dan Creighton described the allocation during council questions as roughly 10 licenses for the police department and seven for community development; staff also said some Microsoft licenses will support interns in community development and replacements or new hires in police.
Questions from council members focused on whether the $40,000 figure represented recurring licensing costs, what would be purchased under each line item, and how many of the licenses were new hires versus replacements. Staff agreed to provide an email clarifying next year’s licensing plan and which services are ongoing versus one-time purchases.
The council voted to adopt the resolution; recorded yes votes were Council members Bendo, Lester, Reinhart, Vice President Miyamura and President Finn.
City staff said the purchases support an expanding license-plate-reader network and upgrades to records-management and backup systems; further procurements for new equipment tied to those systems will come back to the council as separate items.
