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Roosevelt council tells UBTech to remove mutual-termination clause, proposes higher base and 3% escalation
Summary
Following a multi-hour discussion about a multi-year addendum to the UBTech school-security contract, the council directed staff to offer a counterproposal removing a mutual-termination clause, adding a 3% annual escalation and increasing the current $90,000 base toward roughly $108,000; Councilman Baird moved the change and the motion passed.
The Roosevelt City Council voted to direct staff to return a counteroffer on the city’s security-services addendum with three changes: remove the proposed mutual-termination clause, add a 3% annual escalation beginning after the current year, and raise the contract base from $90,000 to approximately $108,000. Councilman Baird moved the direction and Councilwoman Goodrich seconded; the motion passed.
The change grew out of a long discussion with Lieutenant Ben Tucker and other staff about the services UBTech provides to the city’s schools and facilities. Council members said they were concerned the proposed mutual-consent clause would lock the city into a three-year agreement without a practical way to exit the contract if service or price became unacceptable. "The mutual consent agreement is non functional," one council member said during the debate, and members argued the city should not be effectively subsidizing the vendor without contractual safeguards.
Council members also noted the contract amount has remained at $90,000 since 2019 and that operating costs have risen. After back-and-forth about whether to start the 3% escalation this year or at the next renewal, the council’s adopted direction calls for the escalation to begin after the current year, and for staff to propose a new base that reflects the current cost of providing the officer. Council discussion included the option to give UBTech 90 days’ notice if negotiations fail; the council set a target for UBTech to respond to the city’s counteroffer by August, with council follow-up at the next meeting if necessary.
The council’s action is administrative direction to staff; no final long-term contract was signed at the meeting. Lieutenant Tucker and other staff said they will return with revised contract language and computations of the current cost of providing the officer’s services so the council can take a formal contract vote at a later meeting.
