TO: Mayor Collins and Town Council Members
FROM: Kevin Burke, Town Manager
James P. Shano, P.E., Public Works Director, Town Engineer
Jeremy Knapp, Engineering Services Analyst
DATE: January 14th, 2016
DEPARTMENT: Public Works and Engineering Department
Staff Contact James P. Shano, P.E., Public Works Director / Town Engineer 480-348-3573
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AGENDA TITLE:
Title
Award of Contract to Clark Security in the amount of $175,994.28 for security upgrades to the Town Hall Complex
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Council Goals or Statutory Requirements:
Develop and advance the Capital Improvement Program by maintaining, repairing and adding critical infrastructure in the town.
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Authorize the Town Manager to execute a contract with Clark Security in an amount of $175,994.28.
Background
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The scope of this project includes replacement of an existing card reader system within the Public Safety Building (Police Department) and the expansion of card reader access systems to Town Hall and the Public Works / Engineering Building. These systems will be compatible with the recently installed card reader system at the Court Building. The new system will also be compatible with the Town Hall alarm system. Benefits include active access management control organization wide for greater security and prevent the re-keying of locks when an employee leaves the organization. The system will be installed and operational by the end of this fiscal year.
The current card reader system utilized in the Public Safety Building was installed in 1997. In FY2014 the town was notified by the current card reader hardware/software provider, Honeywell, that the system utilized will no longer be supported and replacement parts will be discontinued. Over the past two years maintenance staff responds to malfunctioning devices approximately once a month.
In addition to replacing the Public Safety Building system, this ...
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