The Lebanon City Council approved a number of purchases at its meeting on Monday of last week.
The Council approved paying Advanced Highway Sign and Supply $37,687 for changing signs on Interstate 44 for $38,000. The work was completed on Sept. 24.
The Council gave final approval to an ordinance regulating the use of automated license plate readers in the city.
Police Chief Jerry Harrison said the new city code “establishes authorized uses, retention limits, reporting requirements, and accountability measures governing the use of automated license plate recognition systems by the Lebanon Police Department in order to protect the privacy of law-abiding residents while preserving the system's legitimate law enforcement value.”
Harrison said there is no state statute governing the use of automated license plate recognition systems in Missouri. This ordinance fills a statutory void and represents the police department's commitment to legitimate policing, he said.
The council also approved a memorandum of understanding with the Laclede County Sheriff to perform monthly audits of the city’s automated license plate reader systems.
The council accepted a subaward agreement from the Missouri Department of Public Safety for a federally funded grant.
Police Chief Harrison told the council that the Lebanon Police Department is the project manager for the regional drug task force grant of the Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group (LANEG). This is an agreement to accept the federally funded grant agreement providing $132,745.53. This is a fully funded grant. There is no cost to the city, Harrison said.
The Council approved an agreement with Heartland Business Systems for information technology services in the amount of $15,000. City IT Director Jarrad Schomaker said the IT Department plans to combine services such as Microsoft, CISCO, and network infrastructure into one payment option versus monthly billing across a variety of IT business solutions. HBS is on The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS), which is a national cooperative purchasing organization that provides pre-competitively procured contracts to government agencies, educational institutions, and non-profit organizations. He said the the city will save approximately $65,000 in additional fees.
