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<br /><lity CounciJ.
<br />Oct. 13, J.9£32
<br />Rnc'i.o Mr ~,1aii~«r r~j>ort<.i C.hat th~. C~i.t~ rc-cei_ved Chree b~ids f~or r1d.~i_o
<br />Eqoi.},~~r~enC eqtiipm~nC 'f.hese tc~-_ e~s follocas:
<br />~%'F~~~~l~ <,ap:ito7 ~Ilectronics, Tnc, '44,800.00
<br />tiie.n No, 7_2 Tohns~n (.adio C'oinmun~c~Cions Co. ~,L~,9C)p.Op
<br />i~4oCOro1_a Cornmuni<;ati.ons & F,lec. :~5, 1.~1.3>
<br />Glanzer rcpo~rtecl I':~al' upon op~n~i.n,g the bid~, tvvo of Cho bi<ls did
<br />no~ mc,et s~~cif~i.c~iC;i_ons. 'ChF,e wcre Erom .Tot.inson I?tid~i.o and Capi.tol.
<br />[^.lecti.onf.cs. Capitol P:Lectron:i.cs sent tlie City a letter CatrinQ
<br />ek~at lheir b~i.d was no~~-conf.orm,i.ng, but sianted to sul~miC [}ae b~id
<br />i.,f. the C~i.ty taerc w:i11i'ng to considex- non-coni`ar~m'~ng h~i.d,.
<br />?1r. Glanzer repor~ed Chat i.n the .Tohnson ?tad:i.o bid Pu~ Found Ciao
<br />i.t~em, diaC were: non--con,Eorm:i.n;; Co the sp~cs. ftq~oe.vc*,r, tliere -is
<br />ra represenLt~i:i.vr Irom Jonnson Pada.o aC thc me~ti.ng; who sCates
<br />tkrvt ~e cail subm~i.t docwneiit.ation Slzow:ing that thc aq~d.p7~enC wi.1i
<br />contorm to ti~e specs.
<br />~~4r. Gl~inzer indi_cated lJ~iat Gi~e_ bicl Crom Motorolz~ cLid meei, sp~c,.
<br />Mrs. Scal.ze aslced ~i.f tk~e C~i.t~ c~er<. l.egzi'1.1.y obli~;atcd Co aceept a
<br />losi btd. i~_r,s. Scalze usecl the example of the City's phone systcm
<br />:ahere ~i_f L:he C,i.ty had acc:pted a sli~l~itl.y hi.pher I>id, it coi.il.d havc.
<br />obtained a mucJ~ beP:ter plzone~ system.
<br />P7r, T'orsbern, i_nEo~~rned t~.,h<~ Councit th,at l~e tias hac_ 7.2 ~eai~', oE
<br />ex~er:ienec wi.Ch rncl~io equi.p;nerit and k'Eil.t that ~.iotorola equ~i.n}nent
<br />couLd not '~~ ~~atched. Porsbcr~; poinCccl our t,haC the F~i_re 1)epa-rtrnent.
<br />al.so u,e~, '~lotorola r~c~i.ci.pmeuC. ?~ir. Corsb<~ih ;tzCed Chat ti~ cLi.d
<br />purchase Johnson equipme~n~ aC one tiine and returned i.t b~cause it
<br />d~.id not per,`.~orm 1~; wel.l as the ~1oCorola.
<br />`Che Ci.t,y ACCOnte~q sCated th<~t the~ ~;encrai. xec~uirnment -is that tl:ie
<br />low bi.cl hc. asoarded. 'Chi~ ~lctermi_nnC'i.or~ of' the lo~-a i~i.d is ehe h~a~rd
<br />part. fL can b~. dccerm~ine<1 iS ,s system is rnore compat:i.l>le ~.~i.T.$
<br />ezctst i.rin equ~i.pmen( , i1a i.nt ~~r~ance on lhe eyu;.pment is also 1 feaC.ure
<br />to be considered.
<br />'Che rlttornE.y aslced xf seal_ed b:i.ds re.re ,ubivitCed. 2Sr, C)Janzer re;~~,t,i.ed
<br />that they were. i~[re ^;ca~eney also ;tatcd thaC th~~ Co~.mc~i7. cou~ld deci.de
<br />t:o r<~~jecL all. b~ids.
<br />'Che Attorney atso ~cateci tl'~at the cruc:i.a1. t~i.mea Ch~it a b~i.d must m~et
<br />sp~cif:i.cation ~is at thr-_ ti!ne thaC th~ bi.ds ar.e opened.
<br />Mr. 5cott Co1e oE Jo4inson R,1d~lo a,>p~~.ared b~Lor,e the Counc:i.l.. ;~1r.
<br />C;ol~. .~2te~~ t~iat by ,tibr~:i_~tir~g iCS birl ~.i.C ~i.mp7.i.ed tha[ tli~a r~qui.prnent
<br />woi~lcl iieet .>,~~c~i_{~_~.~aLi_ons.
<br />I~~r ('ole ,I aled thrat Clo~orota is a good com}~any, but thei r eqi,ii.l~>m~-mt
<br />is cons~i.derably more expeea,i_ve t_hain Jol~n,ort',< ::o1e commented th~aC
<br />tLe~ Joimson equ~ipm~i~t z•~il.l. equal. or axceeu t~io-~ ?*tot.orol,a~qui.paient.
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