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10 <br /> <br />Robert Williams said staff has talked with all the municipalities about alternative options, <br />and the master plan will address this further as a joint process. He said ideas are still in the <br />hopper. <br /> <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Rich for the <br />Board to approve the Agreement and authorize the Chair to sign. <br /> <br />Commissioner Rich asked if Bonnie Hammersley could provide an outline for the <br />process if this is approved. <br />Bonnie Hammersley said two municipalities are considering this tonight (Hillsborough <br />and Carrboro) and Chapel Hill is doing so soon, and if there are any changes, it would come <br />back to each group to do the process over again. <br /> <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> <br />b. Approval of Motorola Solutions Subscription Services Agreement for Digital <br />Evidence Management <br />The Board considered approving the Motorola Solutions Agreement for Digital Evidence <br />Management. <br /> Jamie Sykes, Chief Deputy, reviewed the following information: <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />At the request of the Orange County Board of Commissioners (BOCC), Sheriff Charles <br />Blackwood met with various vendors of body-worn cameras (BWC). After vetting and testing <br />the top four BWC models of interest, the Sheriff’s Office determined that services and products <br />offered by Motorola Solutions are best suited for use by Deputies. At the <br />February 6, 2018 BOCC meeting, representatives from Mobile Communications America <br />presented information to the Board on Motorola’s Digital Evidence Management Solutions <br />(DEMS). <br /> <br />North Carolina General Statutes § 143-129 subjects purchases of “apparatus, supplies, <br />materials, or equipment requiring an estimated expenditure of public money in an amount equal <br />to or more than ninety thousand dollars ($90,000)” to competitive bidding requirements unless <br />an exception exists. Among those exceptions are purchases made through a competitive <br />bidding group purchasing program, which is a formally organized program that offers <br />competitively obtained purchasing services at discount prices to two or more public agencies. <br />(See North Carolina General Statutes § 143-129(e)(3)). The Houston-Galveston Area Council <br />awarded a contract to Motorola Solutions, Inc. (Contract ID 17724) by virtue of a public <br />competitive procurement process that is compliant with the North Carolina statutory <br />requirements. Therefore, the present Agreement is exempted from the requirements of Chapter <br />143, Article 8. <br /> <br />As a result of the February 2018 presentation, Deputy County Manager Travis Myren worked <br />with Sheriff Charles Blackwood and Director of Emergency Management Dinah Jeffries to <br />appropriate funds for radio improvements to cover the cost in full for the DEMS purchase. At <br />this time, the necessary purchase orders have been issued and, pending Board approval of the <br />Agreement, Motorola Solutions will begin implementing the Digital Evidence Management <br />system. The Agreement has been reviewed by the Legal Advisor to the Sheriff as well as the <br />County Attorney’s Office. <br />