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MINUTES OF MEETING
OF CITY COUNCIL
v PETALUMA,.CALIFORNIA
SEPTEMBER 13, 1976
COUNCIL MEETING
ATTENDANCE .
The Special.Meeting of the Petaluma City Council was called
to order by Mayor Helen Putnam at the hour of 5:20 p.m..
Present: Councilmen Brunner, Cavanagh, Harberson,
Hilligoss,..Mattei, Perry, and Mayor Putnam
Absent: None
NOTICE OF CALL Notice of call for meeting dated September 9, 1976
certificate of the City of delivery of said Notice,
and consent of City Council for holding said meeting,...
submitted and filed.
PURPOSE OF MEETING The meeting was called to consider the following: Public
Safety Communication System and other reports as deemed
necessary.
PUBLIC SAFETY Because of some controversy arising regarding the award of
COMMUNICATION the contract for the purchase and installation of the Public
SYSTEM - REAFFIRM Safety Communication System, Mayor Putnam had appointed
AWARD OF CONTRACT Councilman Cavanagh to meet with the principals. involved,
TO COMCENTER namely, Delta Communications who would service the Center
and ComCenter, the supplier.
.Councilman Cavanagh reported the City Manager, the Assistant City Manager, the
Police Chief, the Administrative Assistant to the Police Chief, a member of the
.Fire Department, and he had met with the principals on Thursday, September 9,
1976, and in his opinion, many of the questions raised had been satisfactorily
resolved. Copies of letters from ComCenter to Chief Robert B. Murphy and from.
ComCenter to Delta Communications regarding the maintenance agreement, dated
September 9, 1976; are on file with the City Clerk. In addition, a letter from
General Electric.Company stating their reason for not bidding on the project, .
dated September 9,.1976, and addressed to Finance Director John is on
file with the City Clerk.
After a`brief discussion by the Council, a.motion was made by Councilman Cavanagh,
seconded by Councilman Mattei, reaffirming the Council's position on awarding
the contract to ComCenter and directing the Finance Director to - issue the purchase
order., Motion carried unanimously.
CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS "
Police Chief Robert Murphy advised he had filed a formal complaint with Motorola
Company regarding the manner in which the Public Safety Communidations System bid
award had been opposed by.the representative of Motorola.
FIRE DEPARTMENT City Manager Robert Meyer.reminded the Council this matter
RADIO BASE STATION had been held over from the meeting of September 7, 1976, 6 % .
and asked the Council if they wished to take any action to
award the bid.
Councilman Mattei indicated he would be reluctant to award the bid to Motorola
because of the problems encountered with the Public Safety Communication System
and suggested the bid be awarded to the second lowest bidden.
After further discussion., it was determined to delay action on the award of the
bid for the Fire Department Base Radio Station, and a motion was made by Councilman
Cavanagh, seconded by Councilman Mattei to defer the matter. Motion carried
unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT :There being no further business to come before the
`Council, the meeting was adjourned at 5:40 p.m.
Mayor
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