Finance & Administration Council Committee - Regular Meeting

Alright. Good afternoon, everybody. It's 04:00. I'm gonna call today's Finance and Administration Council Committee meeting to order. Please record your attendance by pushing the appropriate button.

First meeting of the year, so next item is election of a chair.

Nominate Joe Hefner. Second. The

other nominations? All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? No.

Kidding. Thank you all everybody for doing that. Next up, approval of minutes from the December 30 meeting.

Move to approve unless there's no change. Second.

Motion second. Any changes, any questions or comments on the minutes as presented? If not, please record your vote to approve not approve the minutes. I haven't run from meeting to meeting today. Alright, now we'll move into new business.

The first several items are municipal liens, so I'm just gonna read those by title only, if that's okay. If it's not okay, I'll still read them by title only. First, have Resolution twenty six zero one, resolution by city council, city of Jonesboro, Arkansas, placed municipal lien on property located at 910 Markham Drive, Partial 01 Dash 143251 Dash 04100 owned by Wilder Seats in the amount of $275

Move forward to full council. Second.

Motion taken for full council. Any questions or comments on this agenda item? If not, please record your vote on whether or not forward to full council. Resolution twenty six zero zero two, resolution by the city council, the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas to place municipal land on property located at 224 South McClure, Partial 01 Dash 144183 Dash 13600 owned by City First LLC in the amount of $275

Move forward to full council. Second.

Motion to second forward to full council. Any questions or comments on this agenda item? If not, please record your vote on whether or to forward resolution 26,002 to full council. Alright. Resolution twenty six zero zero three, resolution by the city council of the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas. The place municipal land on property located at 234 South McClure, Parcel 01 Dash 144183 Dash 12700 owned by City First LLC in the amount of $275

Move forward to full council. Second.

Any questions or comments on this item? If not, please record your vote on whether or to forward it to full council. Resolution 26,004, resolution by city council, city of Jonesboro, Arkansas to place the Missful Land property located at 114421413300 on Nelms, partial 0114421413300 owned by Stone Partners LLC and CSC Investments in the amount of $315

Move forward to council. Second.

Why is that partial number listed twice?

No idea, that's how code enforcement wrote it.

Okay. Any questions or comments on this item other than how it's written? If not, please record your vote on whether or resolution 26,004 to full council. Alright, next item is 26,005. I'll read this in its entirety.

Resolution of the City Of Johnson, Arkansas authorizing an agreement with Exxon Group Incorporated to provide body worn camera, vehicle camera, and taser equipment for city departments, whereas the City of Jonesboro currently utilizes Axon Group Incorporated for body worn cameras, vehicle cameras and taser equipment for multiple city departments under an agreement that expires in September 2026, and whereas the product and customer service has provided satisfactory results and the city desires to renew its agreement early with Axon Group to secure 2025 equipment pricing rates that include upgraded capabilities, and whereas it is in the best interest of the public safety to extend the relationship with Axon Group Incorporated to ensure continuity of services due to significant investment in the Axon platform without a proven alternative option that provides a similar complement of services, whereas that agreement is attached hereto and the terms are set out therein, and whereas the money for that agreement is budgeted in the FY 2026 budget and remains unchanged from last year with annual increases over the five year contract, and whereas the contract includes the ability for the city to terminate the agreement annually if funding appropriation is not approved in the city budgeting process, whereas there is no requirement to bid this agreement because Axon Group Inc.

Is a NASPO state contract list, is on the NASPO state contract list. Now therefore, it may be resolved by city council for the city of Johnson, Arkansas that section one, the agreement with Axon Group Incorporated to provide body worn camera vehicle cameras and taser equipment and services is hereby approved. Section two, funding for the 2026 agreement schedule is included in the FY 2026 budget and funding allotment for future years is subject to council consideration. Section three, the mayor Harold Kofranhaver and City Clerk A four legged are hereby authorized by the city council for the city of Donford to execute all documents necessary to effectuate this agreement.

Forward for council. Second.

Motion seconded for council. Any questions or comments from anybody in council chambers?

I have one for the

chief. Doctor. Charles Coleman, you are ir And

think software upgrades, I do they send you guys that or do they send you updated cameras or how do they do that, Chief?

No. All the firmware upgrades are included in the package. So every time you dock your camera, if there's any firmware that needs to be upgraded, it automatically does that. Same thing with the vehicles. They're very forward thinking, very they're the leader in the industry when it comes to body worn cameras right now and have been.

Other companies are catching up, but Axon has kind of led the way. And this whole contract where the benefit of renewing early, one, the big deal is we saved about $200,000 because there was going to be some price increases. So we got a chance to lock into current pricing. So that's the biggest incentive. And then two, they will go ahead and order our equipment upon approval of the contract by council, the way we get our equipment ordered.

So I will have it late spring and month in summer instead of waiting till the contract expires in September and renew and get my equipment in 2027. So the big big, again, big savings is, there's cost savings, couple 100,000 advancement on equipment that we're to get anyway. Part of our contract is with Axon, every two and a half years, they change out the body cams. So we get always get the latest addition. Every five years they change out our tasers and every five years they change out the vehicle cameras.

And when they change out the vehicle cameras, they send a fleet of technicians into Jonesboro and their techs take our fleet and within a week or two they'll retrofit 130 something patrol cars with new updated technology. So it's an expensive package, but it is a full service program. Anything happens to a camera and we're short, they'll overnight us a camera. So, it's been good to deal with. Again, it's an all inclusive package to handle our body worn, our vehicle and the tasers.

Well, that's good information. But I guess always I just always wanted do they keep up. I just hit and then hear and say that.

Yeah. No, there there's no other back end additional cost, whatever. When we get a bundle, it's all inclusive. So anything that comes up during the year, they're always upgrading or whatever. It's just part of the deal.

Appreciate that. Thank you.

So and as mister said, if the wheels fell off the cart and funding across the city just went away completely, we can give them a thirty day notice at any time and terminate the contract. But would not be wise at this time in in the way things are in the country.

Appreciate that so much. Any

other questions or comments regarding this agenda item? If not, please record your vote on whether or not to forward Resolution 20 six-five to full council. That was the last item under new business. We don't have anything under pending items. Any other business for the committee today? If not, we'll move into public comments. Gives the public a chance to comment on anything not already discussed on today's agenda. Item is adjournment.

So moved. Second.

All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? We stand adjourned. Thank you.