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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-88-1141n W J-$$-1161 12/06/88 RESOLUTION NO. 88-1141 A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($3,200) FROM THE CITY OF MIAMI LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND TO COVER THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACQUISITION OF TWO TOSHIBA T1000 PORTABLE LAPTOP COMPUTERS, FOR USE AT MOBILE COMMAND POSTS, UPON SUCH COSTS HAVING BEEN APPROVED BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE. WHEREAS, Florida State Statute 932.704(3)(a), as amended, authorizes the expenditure of forfeiture proceeds for law enforcement purposes not considered normal operating expenses; and WHEREAS, the Miami Police Department is investigating the possibility of utilizing Laptop Computers at mobile command posts; and WHEREAS, these computers will be able to interface with the mainframe currently In existence in the City of Miami; and WHEREAS, the Department of Computers has been consulted and have no objections to the utilization of these laptop computers by the Police Department; and WHEREAS, funds to cover the necessary expenses required for the acquisition of the two Portable Laptop Computers has not been included in the Police Department's normal operating budget; and WHEREAS, the Chief of Police has recommended adoption of this resolution and has determined that the expenditure proposed complies with Florida State Statute 932.704, as amended; and WHEREAS, funds to cover the necessary expenses required for the acquisition of the Portable Laptop Computers are available in the City of Miami Law Enforcement Trust Fund; CITY COMMi551+ MEETING OF Nowt TMEREPORB, an 1T RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION of THE CITY OF MIAMI, PLORIDA: Section 1. Total approved funding, in an amount not to exceed three thousand two hundred dollars ($3,200), is hereby allocated from the City of Miami Law Enforcement Trust Fund to cover the necessary expenses required for the acquisition of two Toshiba T1000 Portable Laptop Computers, upon such costs having been approved by the Chief of Police. Section 2. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption pursuant to law. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of December 1988. ell G�-a+-- XAVIER L. AREZ, MAYOR CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO: The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission FROM : Cesar H. Odio City Manager CJ DATE : DEC _ 6 19oB FILE : SUBJECT : Resolution For The Purchase of Two Laptop Computers REFERENCES ENCLOSURES: It is respectfully recommended that a resolution be passed for the allocation of funding for two laptop computers, at a total cost not to exceed three thousand two hundred dollars ($3,200), from, the Law Enforcement Trust Fund, Index Code 290920, Object Code 840, and Project No. 690001. The Miami Police Department has a need to access the Computer Aided Dispatch System from mobile command posts. By utilizing a laptop. computer on loan to the police department the department was able to interface the laptop computer with the mainframe computer system through an existing software program called "Infoview." This would give commanders the ability to view calls holding,unit status and other dispatch information without tying up valuable air time. It is, therefore, recommended that the Resolution authorizing the allocation of funding for two laptop computers, at a total cost not to exceed three thousand two hundred dollars ($3,200), from the Law Enforcement Trust Fund, Project No. 690001, Index Code 290920, Minor Object Code 840, be approved. C,J tt • k '� f yrf'i ai.vnl 4.1117 %.itiy ox mLami Law isnlorcement TrUSt Fund, for the funding of Tm Toshiba T1000 ptop Computers not to exceed the