Coachella, CA Flock Contract

Who approved this?

No source names who approved this contract. That gap is common where a purchase cleared without a council vote.

Item 36 on the Coachella City Council agenda for May 26, 2021 was an agreement with Flock Group Inc. to buy 65 cameras and subscribe to an automated license plate recognition software system for Coachella neighborhoods, at 162,500 dollars annually plus a one time 10 percent installation charge. The minutes record that the council voted 5 to 0 to continue the item and send it back to the Public Safety Subcommittee, so that vote is not an approval and is not recorded as a roll call here. The order form filed with the item prices 65 cameras at 162,500 dollars a year with a 16,250 dollar one time installation fee, for a year one total of 178,750 dollars. It names July 1, 2021 as the effective date and carries a customer signature line for City Manager William B. Pattison, Jr. dated July 1, 2021, with the Flock signature line left blank. The initial term is 12 months and the renewal term is 12 months. No later council meeting approving the agreement was found in the records reviewed, so the approval method is recorded as unknown. The amount shown is the documented year 1 total.