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Report regarding approving a service agreement between the City of South San Francisco and the Town of Colma to continue to furnish computerized police information services to the Colma Police Department. (Scott Campbell, Chief of Police)
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council adopt a resolution approving a service agreement between the City of South San Francisco and the Town of Colma to continue to furnish computerized police information services to the Colma Police Department.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The City of South San Francisco (“City”) has been providing part-time police communications services to the Town of Colma (“Colma”) for the last 38 years and furnishing computerized police information services since September of 2014. The current agreement is set to expire on June 30, 2023. Due to state mandated requirements, Colma will not be renewing an agreement for police communications services as they will be operating their own full-time police communications center.
Colma does desire the City to continue furnishing computerized police information services. The computer aided dispatch and records management systems belonging to Colma, and the City remain compatible and have been an effective method of record keeping for both Parties.
This agreement, which would become effective on July 1, 2023, follows 9 years of computerized police information services provided to the Town of Colma.
The City would continue to provide and maintain computer hardware and system software at the City’s communication center to support Colma computer aided dispatching (CAD) and automated records management (RMS), provide services for mobile computers to access CAD and RMS databases, pay the County of San Mateo for the state and regional criminal justice database queries processed through the City’s systems, make the services of our telecommunications engineering and police technology team available to design and maintain the systems required to provide services, and the City and Colma will jointly maintain and update a computerized geographic information file.
FISCAL IMPACT
The City will charge Colma $25,000 for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, $30,000 for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 and $30,500 for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 for computerized police information services. The revenue received will be sufficient to cover the cost of providing the services contemplated by this agreement. Staffing for these services is presently allocated in the Police Department’s current operating budget and no modifications will be required.
RELATIONSHIP TO STRATEGIC PLAN
Acceptance of this meets the Strategic Goals #3: Public Safety by rendering skilled police, fire, and emergency management.
CONCLUSION
Adoption of this resolution will authorize the city to execute the service agreement between the City of South San Francisco and the Town of Colma to continue to provide computerized police information services for the next three years, starting July 1, 2023. The annual revenue to the City for providing this service to Colma will be $25,000 for year one, $30,000 for year two and $30,500 for year three.