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Council approves multiple procurement items: police travel, software support, rugged laptops and CDBG contracts
Summary
Council approved sending four officers to a hostage negotiators conference, renewed a sole-source annual Oracle support contract (not to exceed $70,864), purchased four rugged Dell laptops for police (not to exceed $9,404), and awarded CDBG street project engineering and resurfacing contracts.
The council approved several procurement and contract items on the consent/regular agenda.
Motions carried to send four police officers to the Michigan Association of Hostage Negotiators conference in Traverse City for an amount not to exceed $2,926 (funded from training accounts). Council also approved a one‑year software support agreement with the current cloud vendor for the Oracle financial system for an amount not to exceed $70,864; city IT staff explained the annual support covers interfaces, customizations and hourly support by a sole‑source vendor familiar with the deployment.
Council approved the purchase of four Dell Pro rugged laptops for police operations (state contract through Clemens) not to exceed $9,404, which includes a five‑year full replacement warranty. Under CDBG funding, the council approved Hennessey Engineers for construction engineering and the low bid from S & J Asphalt for 2025 resurfacing (contract $220,900 with a 10% contingency). All motions were approved by voice vote.
