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December 12, 1977 Page 7 <br />POLICE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - TERMINAL AGREEMENT <br />Administrator Achen reported that the Police Department has persuaded the State Public <br />Safety Department to install a police data communications terminal in the Mounds View <br />police station in 1978. The installation had previously been scheduled for 1980 -81 <br />but virtually all the municipality police departments around Mounds View already have <br />such terminals and Mounds View has been handicapped without one. The operating charges <br />of $300 per month will be paid by the State for an indefinite period of time and is <br />currently included in the Public Safety Department's annual appropriation request to <br />the legislature. The City must excute an agreement stating that it will be respon- <br />sible for the charge in the future if the State appropriation is either reduced or <br />eliminated. The City would have the option of disconnecting the terminal if the <br />cost seems prohibitive at such time. <br />MSP (Rowley - Ziebarth) to authorize execution of the agreement and to allow up to $200 <br />from the 1978 budget to install the terminal. 5 ayes <br />1978 POLICE SQUAD CAR BIDS <br />Mayor Pickar reported that bids had been received from four car dealers for the new <br />squad cars, with the low bid being received from Minor Ford. The money for the cars <br />has been appropriated from the 1st quarter of 1978. <br />MSP (Pickar - Hodges) to accept the bid from Minor Ford for two LTD 2's at a price of <br />$10,795.96. 5 ayes <br />Councilmember Ziebarth asked if the cars bid on were comparable to what was wanted. <br />Mayor Pickar replied they were. <br />COPIER REPLACEMENT <br />Administator Achen reported that the City had reviewed seven different types of <br />copiers. The primary considerations had been two sided copying, sheet paper, stream <br />feeding, easy maintenance, use of city letterhead, sorter, tint adjustment, good <br />copy quality, good paper quality, ability to copy maps, reduction capabilities <br />and large document copy, and while no machine had all the desired features, several <br />were available. <br />Administrator Achen recommended leasing a Xerox 4000 and stated that in the middle <br />of 1978 Xerox would have a new model machine available with added capabilities that <br />Mounds View would have an option to change to if the City wanted to. <br />Councilmember Ziebarth asked if the City had tried out the Xerox 4000. Administrator <br />Achen replied that it had not been available for a trial in the City Hall, but that <br />they had made some on -site visits to inspect the machine. <br />Russell Paul asked why the City charges 25 cents per copy while the Post Office only <br />charges 15 cents. Administrator Achen replied that the high price was to discourage <br />outside use, as it was very time consuming for City employees to stop and make copies <br />for people, and that the high cost basically covered the cost of the employee, rather <br />than the machine or paper. <br />MSP (Pickar - Ziebarth) to accept the Xerox 4000 at $262.50 per month. 5 ayes <br />