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GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WRAP-UP
AERIAL PHOTO SURVEY
The City Council on Tuesday voted to join a countywide aerial imagery program for $61,686, a cheaper alternative to the city paying for its own independent survey.
The updated aerial images will be used to update the city’s Geographic Information System, which compiles typographical data for development projects.
In joining a consortium of other cities for the county-led project, the city will save a significant amount of money compared to if it were to hire a separate vendor, city officials said.
In 2003, the city contracted with a firm to provide digital mapping services to update Glendale’s geographic database system at a cost of $398,000.
Two years ago, when the city first joined the aerial imagery project with Los Angeles County, the cost for a similar product dropped to $88,123.
This year’s price tag would represent a further savings of $26,437.
WHAT IT MEANS
The council is expected to get the updated aerial images in December, which means the city’s Geographical Information System can begin its own update soon after.
VOTE: 5-0
TECHNICAL INSPECTIONS
Glendale Water & Power was authorized to extend its three-year consulting contract with General Electric International Inc., by an additional two years for services on an as-needed basis.
Power officials have used the company’s services to seek technical advice, inspection and engineering services to assist in-house staff members with maintenance and repair work on General Electric-manufactured equipment, like power turbine units at the Grayson Power Plant.
The amount of the expenses incurred under the contract is not to exceed the predetermined amount of $250,000.
WHAT IT MEANS
Having General Electric’s services on call is expected to ensure the smooth maintenance operations that are expected in the near future for several turbine units at the power plant.
VOTE: 5-0
DISPATCH MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS
The City Council authorized a $40,727 increase for a five-year contract with a software firm that will oversee the maintenance of the Verdugo Fire Communications Center’s upgraded dispatch systems.
The original contract was approved in November, but since that time, Global Positioning System devices have been installed in more than 160 emergency response vehicles in the 11 cities served by the dispatch center. New software installed in the system allows dispatchers to view the vehicles on a map, compare the incident to their locations and then calculate which of them are closer to the call based on the street they would likely use to get there.
The new software is expected to shorten response times by dispatching those emergency vehicles that are determined to have shorter routes.
WHAT IT MEANS
Instead of attaching maintenance of the new software to the November contract as a work change order, the staff amends the original contract to include the work under one agreement.
The revised five-year total is now $440,857.
VOTE: 5-0
The City Council on Tuesday voted to join a countywide aerial imagery program for $61,686, a cheaper alternative to the city paying for its own independent survey.
The updated aerial images will be used to update the city’s Geographic Information System, which compiles typographical data for development projects.
In joining a consortium of other cities for the county-led project, the city will save a significant amount of money compared to if it were to hire a separate vendor, city officials said.
In 2003, the city contracted with a firm to provide digital mapping services to update Glendale’s geographic database system at a cost of $398,000.
Two years ago, when the city first joined the aerial imagery project with Los Angeles County, the cost for a similar product dropped to $88,123.
This year’s price tag would represent a further savings of $26,437.
WHAT IT MEANS
The council is expected to get the updated aerial images in December, which means the city’s Geographical Information System can begin its own update soon after.
VOTE: 5-0
TECHNICAL INSPECTIONS
Glendale Water & Power was authorized to extend its three-year consulting contract with General Electric International Inc., by an additional two years for services on an as-needed basis.
Power officials have used the company’s services to seek technical advice, inspection and engineering services to assist in-house staff members with maintenance and repair work on General Electric-manufactured equipment, like power turbine units at the Grayson Power Plant.
The amount of the expenses incurred under the contract is not to exceed the predetermined amount of $250,000.
WHAT IT MEANS
Having General Electric’s services on call is expected to ensure the smooth maintenance operations that are expected in the near future for several turbine units at the power plant.
VOTE: 5-0
DISPATCH MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS
The City Council authorized a $40,727 increase for a five-year contract with a software firm that will oversee the maintenance of the Verdugo Fire Communications Center’s upgraded dispatch systems.
The original contract was approved in November, but since that time, Global Positioning System devices have been installed in more than 160 emergency response vehicles in the 11 cities served by the dispatch center. New software installed in the system allows dispatchers to view the vehicles on a map, compare the incident to their locations and then calculate which of them are closer to the call based on the street they would likely use to get there.
The new software is expected to shorten response times by dispatching those emergency vehicles that are determined to have shorter routes.
WHAT IT MEANS
Instead of attaching maintenance of the new software to the November contract as a work change order, the staff amends the original contract to include the work under one agreement.
The revised five-year total is now $440,857.
VOTE: 5-0
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