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Li6414-' de <br /> TO: MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL <br /> • FROM: POLICE CHIEF <br /> DATE : OCTOBER 29. 1990 <br /> SUBJECT: DAMAGE TO POLICE COMPUTER SYSTEM <br /> ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 26. 1990. LIGHTNING STRUCK CITY HALL CAUSING <br /> DAMAGE TO OUR COMPUTER SYSTEM. THE PATH OF LIGHTNING COULD CLEARLY <br /> BE SEEN BY FOLLOWING A RADIO TRANSMISSION LINE INTO THE COMPUTER <br /> ROOM. THE LIGHTNING JUMPED FROM THE TRANSMISSION LINE INTO THE <br /> COMPUTER MAIN FRAME . <br /> MASYS CORPORATION REPAIRED THE DAMAGE THE NEXT DAY WHICH AMOUNTED TO <br /> $ 1 .888. 90. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE A MAINTENANCE CONTRACT <br /> WITH MASYS CORPORATION. BUT ACTS OF GOD. SUCH AS LIGHTNING. ARE NOT <br /> COVERED. I TALKED TO THE TECHNICIAN THAT REPAIRED THE DAMAGE. HE <br /> STATED IT WAS FREAK ACCIDENT AND IN HIS OPINION. NOTHING COULD BE <br /> DONE TO PREVENT A SIMILAR OCCURANCE. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT TO MASYS CORPORATION IN THE <br /> AMOUNT OF $1 .888.90 TO BE TAKEN FROM THE CONTINGENCY <br /> ACCOUNT. <br /> r <br /> • <br />