04/12/76 Board of Public Works Minutes

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263 REGULAR MEETING APRIL 12, 1976 The Fire Department has'been assured of access to the Police Department's Magnasync Automatic Search/Reproducer which is compatible only to the tapes from a logging Tape Recorder from the same manufacturer, a fact which is true of such equipment of all manufacturers. Dictaphone was advised of the condition that existed and it was suggested that they attach to their bid the option of their Auto -Search unit. They saw fit not to do so. To accept the Dictaphone bid would put the City in a position of having to invest a minimum of $4,OOO for a compatible Auto -Search unit. The disparity between the two bids becomes lessened con- siderably when the cost of 50 rolls of tape, $2,000.00, and a door, $222.00,'are added to the Dictaphone bid to make it consistent with the Magnasync bid. The difference becomes $1,273.60, or approximately nine per cent. The most significant factors are quality, dependability, and trouble free operation of the Magnasync equipment over that of Dictaphone's,. as experienced by the radio operators in the Fire and Police Department communications centers. Respectfully submitted, s/ Robert L. Snider C Fire Chief s/ John V. Hunt Director of Communications " W John Hunt, Director of Communications, was present and advised that no company's equipment is compatible with another company. He said the Police Department has agreed to allow the Fire Department to use their equipment and he recommended that the.bid be accepted. Upon motion made by Mr. Farrand, seconded by Mr. Mullen and carried, the Board accepted the recommendation and awarded the bid,. with the battery pack for a total net bid of $14,031.50. FILING OF PETITION TO VACATE ALLEY Robert D. Lee and Frederick K. Baer, Attorneys for the petitioners, Hills and Pfeil, file a petition for the vacation of the north -south alley running north from Marion Street to the intersection of said alley with the east -west alley running west from St. Joseph Street. Upon motion made by Mr. Farrand, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the petition was referred to the Bureau of Design and Administration for preliminary review and recommendation. RECOMMENDATION APPROVED - PARKING AND TRAFFIC CONTROL FESTIVAL '76 The following recommendation was submitted to the Board by Mr. Farrand: "In response to Mr. Simpson's request for parking and traffic control for Festival '76, I'would like to recommend the following: 1. Parking for those three days be prohibited on the 100 block of South Michigan Street. 2. Free parking is now available on all City'surface lots on Saturday and Sunday. No special action is required to extend this privilege to cover July 3 and 4. On Monday, July 5, the surface lots are reserved for monthly parkers. Free parking should not be provided on the surface lots for Monday, July 5 because of the conflict with the prior designation for monthly parkers.