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RESOLUTION 6788 <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF DIGITAL RECORDING <br />EQUIPMENT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT UTILIZING FORFEITURE FUNDS <br />WHEREAS, the Mounds View Police Department along with law-enforcement <br />agencies in Minnesota is required to record all statements taken from persons who are in <br />custody, and; <br />WHEREAS, the Ramsey County Attorney's office prosecutes all felony cases <br />submitted from the Mounds View Police Department and they have announced they are <br />setting a countywide standard change for law-enforcement agencies submitting cases for <br />prosecution with audio recordings. The change will necessitate that law-enforcement <br />agencies utilize DSS (digital speech standard) format, and; <br />WHEREAS, the Loffler Companies Incorporated, carries the digital recorder, which fits <br />the new standard, the Olympus model DS4000. The cost of this recorder and its docking <br />station and accompanying software is $309 per recorder, from the Loffler Companies who <br />carry the lowest bid price for this model. To make this change the Police Department <br />requires nine recorders, along with a digital transcription kit and software for $209, telephone <br />adapter earpieces and telephone recording equipment for $235 for total of $3434.63 for all of <br />the necessary equipment including tax. <br />• NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council for the City of Mounds <br />View approves an expenditure of up to $3500 from the forfeiture fund for the purchase of <br />digital recording equipment from Loffler Companies Incorporated <br />Adopted thi~,10th day of April 2006. <br />Rob Marty, Mayor <br />ATTEST: <br />(seal) <br />Kurt Ulrich, City Administrator <br /> <br />~~ ~. ~ <br />