All right, good afternoon, everybody.

Um it's four o'clock.

I'm gonna call today's finance administration council committee meeting to order.

Um please record your attendance by pushing the appropriate button.

First meeting of the year, so next items election of a chair.

Nominator Joe Heftner.

Second.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed.

No.

No.

Kidding.

Um next thank you all, everybody, for doing that.

Um next up approval amendments from the December 30th meeting.

Move to approve unless there's noted change.

Second.

Motion second, any changes, any questions or comments on the minutes as presented.

If not, please record your vote to approve or not approve the minutes.

Like I've been running from meeting to meeting today.

All right.

Now we'll move into new business.

Um the first several items are um municipal liens, so I'm just gonna read those by title only, if that's okay.

If it's not okay, I'll still read them by title only.

Um first out resolution 2600 one.

Resolution by the city council, city of Jonesville, Arkansas place municipal lien on property located at 910 Markham Drive, parcel 01-143-251-04100 owned by will to seats in the amount of 275 dollars.

Move forward to full council.

Second.

Any questions or comments on this agenda item?

If not, please record your vote on whether or not to forward the full council.

Resolution 2602, resolution by the city council of City of Jones for Arkansas to place municipal lien on property located at 224 South McClure, parcel 01-144-183-13600 owned by City First LLC, the amount of 275 dollars.

Move forward to forward council.

Second.

Motion second forward to full council.

Any questions or comments on this agenda item?

If not, please record your vote on whether or not to forward resolution 2602 to full council.

All right, resolution 2600 three, resolution by the city council of the city of Jonesville, Arkansas to place municipal line on property located at 234 South McClure, parcel 01-144-183-12700 owned by City First LLC in the amount of 275 dollars.

Move forward to full council.

Second.

Any questions or comments on this item?

If not, please record your vote on whether or not to forward it to full council.

All right.

Owned by Stone Partners, LLC and CSC investments in the amount of 315 dollars.

Move forward to full council.

Second.

Why is that parcel number listed twice?

No idea.

That's how code enforcement wrote it.

Okay.

All right.

Any questions or comments on this item other than how it's written?

If not, please record your vote on whether or not to forward resolution 2600 four to full council.

All right.

Next item is 2600 five.

I'll read this in its entirety.

Um resolution of the city of Jones for Arkansas authorizing an agreement with Axon Group Incorporated to write to provide body worn camera, vehicle camera, and taser equipment for city departments, whereas the city of Jonesville currently utilizes Axon group incorporated for body warm cameras, vehicle cameras, and taser equipment for multiple city departments under an agreement that expires in September of 2026.

And whereas the product and customer service has provided satisfactory results in the city desires to renew its agreement early with Axon Group to secure 2025 equipment pricing rates that include upgraded capabilities.

And whereas it is in the best interest of the public safety to extend the relationship with Axon Group Incorporated to ensure continuity of services due to significant investment in the Axon platform without a proven alternative option that provides a similar complimental services, whereas that agreement is attached here to and the terms are set out therein, and whereas the money for set agreement is budgeted in the FY 2026 budget and remains unchanged from last year with annual increases over the five-year contract.

And whereas the contract includes the ability for the city to terminate the agreement annually if a if a funding appropriation is not approved in the city budgeting process, whereas there's no requirement to bid this agreement because the Axon Group Incorporated is a NASPO state contract list, is on the NS NASPO state contract list.

Now therefore be resolved by city council for the city of Jones for Arkansas that section one, the agreement with the Axon group incorporated to provide body worn camera, vehicle cameras, and taser equipment and services is hereby approved.

Section two funding for the 2020 26 agreements schedule is included in the FY 2026 budget and funding allotment for future years is subject to council consideration.

Section three, the mayor Harold Kofenhaver and City Clerk A4 Legged are hereby authorized by the city council for the city of Donald Fort Escued all documents necessary to effectuate this agreement.

Moved forward full council.

Second.

Motion second forward full council.

Any questions or comments from anybody in council chambers?

One for the chief.

Dr.

Charles Coleman, you are recognized.

Welcome, sir.

I really don't have any problem with this.

What I have a question is that when they do uh software upgrades, do they send you guys that or do they send you updated cameras?

Uh how did they do that, Chief?

No, the all the firmware upgrades are included in the package.

So every time you dock your camera, if there's any firmware that needs to be upgraded, it it automatically does that.

Same thing with the vehicles.

Yeah.

Um they're very forward thinking, very leader in the industry when it comes to body worn cameras right now and have been.

Uh other companies are catching up, but the axon has kind of led the way.

And this whole contract, we're the benefit of the renewing early.

Uh, one, the big deal is we saved about 200,000 uh because there was gonna be some price increases, so we got the chance to lock into uh current pricing.

So that's the the biggest incentive, and then two, they will go ahead and order our equipment upon approval of the contract by counts full council, though we didn't get our equipment ordered, so I will have it late spring and by the and summer instead of waiting until the contract expires in September and renew and get my equipment in 2027.

So the big big again, big savings is a there's a cost savings a couple hundred thousand advancement on equipment that we're gonna get anyway.

Um part of our contract is with Axon every two and a half years, uh they change out the body cams, so we get always get the latest addition.

Every five years they change out our tasers, and every five years they change out the vehicle cameras.

And when they change out the vehicle cameras, they send a fleet of technicians into Jonesboro and their techs take our fleet, and within a week or two, they'll retrofit 130 something patrol cars uh with new updated technology.

So uh we it's an expensive package, but uh it is a full service uh program.

Uh anything happens to a camera and we're short, they'll overnight us the camera.

So been good to deal with again, it's all it's an all-inclusive package to handle our body worn our vehicle and the tasers.

Well, that's good information, and but I guess always uh I just always wanted to keep up I just hitting in here, see that no, there's no other back end additional cost, whatever.

When we when we get a bundle, it's all inclusive.

So anything that comes up during the year, the they're always upgrading or whatever, it's just part of the deal.

Appreciate that.

Thank you.

So and as Mr.

Hafner said, if the wheels fell off the cart and funding across the city just went away completely, uh we can give them a 30-day notice at any time and terminate the contract, but would not be wise at this time and in the way things are in the country.

Yeah, please set that so much.

Yeah, yes, sir.

Any other questions or comments regarding this agenda item?

If not, please record your vote on whether or not to forward resolution 26005 to full council.

That was the last item under new business.

Um we don't have anything under pending items.

Any other business for the committee to the committee today?

If not, we'll move into public comments.

Gives the public a chance to comment on anything not already discussed on today's agenda.

Next item is adjournment.

Second.

All in favor say aye.

Aye, any opposed?

We stand adjourned.

Thank you.