Council approves Utility Associates contract payments and a package of police equipment and vehicle appropriations
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Summary
Devin, a Terre Haute Police Department officer, asked the council to approve transfers and appropriations to cover a renewed contract with Utility Associates Inc. for body and vehicle cameras and interview-room equipment, together with associated vehicle purchases.
Devin (listed in the record as a Terre Haute Police Department detective) presented a set of transfers and appropriations tied to a newly signed contract with Utility Associates Inc., the vendor the department has used for body cameras, in-car cameras and interview-room equipment.
Devin told the council the prior agreement with Utility Associates began in 2019 and expired in September 2025. To fund the renewed contract and associated equipment purchases, staff proposed and the council approved a package of transfers and appropriations, including a combined amount described in meeting materials of about $291,319 to cover camera and related equipment costs. The packet consolidated funds from multiple sources: transfers from services contractual lines, principal and interest on a note, abandoned-vehicle funds, and supplemental appropriations from general-purpose lines.
Specific motions approved during the meeting included taking action on and approving Appropriation 17-20-25 (to cover the Utility Associates payment and equipment purchases), Appropriation 18-20-25 and Appropriation 19-20-25 (an overtime-line appropriation funded in part by federal task-force reimbursements), Appropriation 20-20-25 (vehicle purchase to be reimbursed by the county prosecutor’s office), and Resolutions 26-20-25 and 27-20-25 to complete remaining transfers connected to the camera contract and vehicle funding. Council members recorded unanimous voice votes with no recorded opposition.
Council members discussed funding sources and oversight. A council member asked whether dedicated police overtime for shelter details and security had been budgeted; staff said an overtime line had been submitted for the year and that officers on shift would conduct periodic checks at shelter sites, with the department prepared to discuss dedicated overtime in the event of specific incidents.
The council approved the package by successive voice votes and recorded no recorded opposition on the motions as presented.
