Jamestown council approves equipment purchases, software and taser contract totaling six-figure outlay

Jamestown City Council approved a series of committee resolutions that covered technology, public-safety equipment, public-works vehicles and permits for downtown events.

The council’s finance and public-safety committees reported that a purchase agreement with Axon Enterprises for 25 Taser 10 devices will cost $129,660. Councilman Gonzalez said the purchase will be partly paid from a previously approved LE Tech grant of $66,499.60; the remaining $63,160 will be paid across fiscal years 2027–2030 at approximately $15,790 per year.

Council members also approved procurement and operational items described in committee reports. The finance presenter summarized 12 resolutions that included updates to the city credit-card policy, office-supply expenses (about $14,700 paid from the operating budget) and purchase of case-management software for Project Crossroads (approximately $22,000, to be paid with Strive grant funds). Public works purchases reported in committee included a front lawn mower ($18,981 with trade-in), a 2027 Freightliner cab/chassis for a dump truck (approximate cost $152,000, to be paid from CHIPS funds), a zero-turn mower (net $6,305.50 after trade-in) and a walk-behind roller ($14,424). A concrete and street reconstruction project for Catlin Avenue was noted as funded through CHIPS.

Committee reports also covered travel and training approvals. The council approved travel for fire investigators to attend the International Association of Arson Investigators conference in Saratoga May 6–8 and for fire lieutenants to attend a first-line supervisors’ training at the New York City Fire Academy June 1–26; the presenter said those travel expenses are being paid by State of New York sources or related grant programs.

Several special-event permits were approved during the same reports: Roll and Read (May 29), a Juneteenth celebration (June 19–21; permit hours adjusted to 10 a.m.–10 p.m. including setup/teardown), the World Series of Wheels car show (July 25, rain date July 26) and a Hispanic Heritage Festival Sept. 19 at Jackson Taylor Park with a temporary closure of Lafayette Street.

The meeting closed open session business and moved toward executive session for updates on litigation and personnel matters; council leadership announced that no formal action would be taken on those executive-session items that night.

Authorities and funding sources were discussed in committee but not all details were specified in the record. Where the transcript gave precise dollar amounts, they are reported above; unclear or garbled numbers in the committee readouts were not converted to definitive totals in this account.