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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 19, 2009 Page 4 e. Adopt a Resolution Authorizing Execution of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment (ARRA) $400,032 Grant Agreement Councilmember Pust requested clarification to both Consent Items a and f as they related to the Police Department Grant, whether the technological upgrades con- stituted alocal government fund match, even though the City Council had been assured when approving acceptance of the grant that there were no matching fund requirements. City Manager Malinen advised that the reference was related to computers in squads; and had been identified in the 2009 budget as a capital item, with staff's rationale being that with the new software installation, this may be a prudent time to replace the older laptops. Captain Rick Mathwig advised that originally, a technology upgrade was included for squad car laptops in the 2009 Budget and subsequently cut; however, that it had been reinstated in the 2010 proposed budget. Captain Mathwig further ad- vised that it was feasible to continue using the old technology and the old laptops, however, the laptops were on their fifth year of usage; and memory upgrades were at their maximum usage level. Councilmember Pust noted that she was aware of the need for new laptops; how- ever, clarified that her question was related to whether the City was obligated to make the upgrade due to acceptance of the funds. Councilmember Johnson questioned when the updating of the laptops would be completed if the department went forward with the replacement. Captain Mathwig advised that the agreement with LETG was based in part on successful interfacing with computer-aided dispatch services owned by the City of St. Paul, which was a Motorola product, and requiring interface approval with Motorola. Captain Mathwig advised that the software could still operate under new operations, with laptops funded by Data-9-1-1, and if the agreement was with the current CAD system owned by the City of St. Paul, they would retain Pana- sonic proprietary information, and would determine when completion of the pro- ject was tfinalized in 2010. Captain Mathwig advised that the City would be in compliance with grant requirements regardless of the laptop vendor chosen. Councilmember Johnson thanked the department for aride-along opportunity; however, advised that he would wait until the new equipment was installed. Councilmember Pust questioned the mechanics of the LETG contract or agree- ment, and why the City had not gone out for bids given the amount of money in- volved. Captain Mathwig advised that the grant timeline had been so short in order to get into the process, they had used LETG as a vendor, since they had previously