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Ozawkie council approves $22,572 Axon Mobile five-year lease for police equipment
Summary
Police Chief Tim Bacon secured council approval for a five-year Axon Mobile lease totaling $22,572.02 (annual installments of $4,514.40); the council also approved an $800 security-camera package. Both motions passed unanimously.
The Ozawkie City Council on March 10 approved a five-year lease with Axon Mobile to update police software and replace body cameras and a taser, with a total lease cost of $22,572.02 to be paid in yearly installments of $4,514.40. Police Chief Tim Bacon presented the lease, noting the program includes trade-ins and an option to cancel if the system proves unsuitable.
Rob Fisher moved to approve the Axon Mobile lease; Kevin Klenklen seconded and the motion passed unanimously. The minutes record that the purchase will be funded from the police equipment reserve fund and the general police fund. The council also approved a separate purchase of an $800 eight-camera security package that Chief Bacon said he could install himself, a motion made by Malcolm Griffin and seconded by Rob Fisher that passed unanimously.
Officials said the Axon lease covers periodic upgrades during the five-year term and that trade-in procedures and equipment disposition at lease end were discussed with council members during questions about price and quality comparisons with county systems and the city's current program.
