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The Columbus Board of Public Works and Safety met on September 29, 2026, with John Pickett chairing in the absence of the Mayor. The board approved several major contracts and renewals, including a five-year law enforcement equipment agreement with Axon, insurance renewals, and multiple infrastructure projects, with no public comments received.
Board of Public Works and Safety. So I will start with the roll call. Brenda Sullivan. Here. Melanie Henderson. Here. Okay. I'm John Pickett. I'm here. I'm chairing the meeting in the absence of Mayor Perdon and Eric. Price. So first item on the agenda is approval of the minutes. I'll move to approve. I'll second. And I will call for roll. All those in favor say aye. Uh Melanie. Aye. Brenda. Aye. And I say aye. Chair says aye. The minutes are approved. Okay. Next we have contract for law enforcement equipment and technology services presented by Chief Deputy Chief Martin Dale. Good morning, board. Good morning. So what I have for you today is a quote from Axon, which is our existing supplier for our body worn cameras, our in-car cameras, and our tasers, as well as a uh an online evidence management platform for all the videos that our officers take. So our contract is up for renewal. So I got a quote from Axon. Uh worked closely with Alex to make sure the terms were agreeable for the city. And also got with IT about the statement of work for installation of the new in-car cameras. So what this quote would do over the course of five years. Right away in 2027, we would get um all new body worn cameras, all new tasers, all new in-car cameras. Um just a complete refresh of the equipment. And then throughout the course of the uh the contract in 2029 and in 2032, we would get new sets of body worn cameras. Those really do need uh replaced more often um because they're constantly having their batteries charged up and depleted over the course of a shift. Um, and the the benefit of um doing it under a contract like this is we're on the uh the body four devices right now. Um, but if a body five comes out uh part way through, they will just supply us with the the next generation of equipment. Um I have a question. Yes, what do you do with the old equipment? Uh that gets returned to Axon. They recycle all the internal components um and everything like that. So uh we don't have to um deal with that on our end. That's pretty cool. Any other questions? Um I am none. I will move to approve the contract for the equipment and technology service services with all second. Okay,