The Sept. 12 Bartlett city board meeting focused on police honors, other recognitions and acceptance of bids for equipment and services.
Bartlett Police Department’s traffic officers were on hand to receive special honors. The BPD Traffic Unit brought home honors from the Tennessee Highway Safety Office Lifesaving Conference in Murfreesboro in August: First place in the state in child passenger safety, education and enforcement and third place in agency categories of 101-200 officers for combined traffic safety and education.
Their work includes more than enforcing traffic laws, such as educating the public about seat belts, child safety seats and impaired driving (including mock exercises with students to teach about the dangers).
Those officers also presented the “Saved by the Belt” award to Tracy Tyler, who wore her seatbelt and thus survived a serious crash caused by a drunk driver in January 2016.
In other business, the board:
- Amended the FY2018 Bartlett City Schools Education Capital Project Fund to provide for a $240,000 HVAC system.
- Accepted the lowest bid for two 2018 Ford F150 trucks for the code enforcement department. The bid went to AutoNation at a cost of $20,479.16 per vehicle, for a total of $40,958.32.
- Accepted the lowest bid for two 2017 Ford F250 XL trucks with eight-foot beds for the Parks and Recreation Department. The bid went to Country Ford for a total of $67,544.
- Accepted the lowest bid for 14 Dodge Charger police pursuit vehicles. The bid for the 2018 vehicles went to Freeland Automotive at a cost of $24,999 each, for a total cost of $349,986.
- Accepted the sole bid to equip those 14 police vehicles. The bid went to ComServe Wireless for a total of $73,346.
- Authorized the purchase of 14 Panasonic in-car computers, docking stations and car chargers for the police from CDW-G. The cost was $3,585.86 each, for a total cost of $50,202.04. This purchase will be made from the National Intergovernmental Purchasing Alliance contract.
- Authorized the purchase of 14 in-car video cameras from WatchGuard at a total cost of $84,935. WatchGuard is a sole-source provider.
- Accepted the lowest bid for a 2018 Ford Explorer for the fire department. The bid went to Country Ford at a cost of $28,992.
- Accepted the lowest qualified bid for two side-loader refuse trucks for the Public Works Department. The bid went to Sansom at a total cost of $475,600.
- Accepted the lowest qualified bid for one walking floor transport trailer for the Public Works Department. The bid went to Spector MFG at a cost of $74,100.
- Accepted the lowest bid for a 2017 Ford F350 truck with a utility crane bed for the Public Works Department. The bid went to Country Ford at a cost of $48,884.
- Accepted the best of three proposals for citywide alarms, door access controls and camera systems. Interactive Securities will be the preferred vendor for current and future alarm systems, door access controls, and camera systems with an initial two-year term through June 30, 2019, with the option to renew for three additional one-year periods of July through June with the same terms and conditions.
- Authorized the auction of 21 surplus items with a potential auction value of $500 or more. They will be auctioned on GovDeals.com.
- Allowed Carolyn Bahm, editor of The Bartlett Express, to hand out the newspaper’s 2017 Readers’ Choice Awards to city departments and city employees.
- Welcomed the 2018 Mayor’s Youth Council and their liaisons.
- Approved a special event permit for Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home Fall Festival, which will be 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 14 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the facility.
