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DIP Surveillance Cameras
Toledo City Council
Councilmember Vanice Williams
Revised
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Authorizing the expenditure of $28,000 from the Capital Improvement Fund District Improvement Program for the Permanent Blue Light Cameras Project; authorizing the Mayor to execute the necessary contracts; waiving the formal competitive bidding provisions of TMC Chapter 187; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
An application for the District Improvement Program has been submitted for the purchase and installation of surveillance cameras at the corner of Ontario and Walnut and in the 3000 Block of Monroe Street.
On September 19, 2025, the District Improvement Review Committee reviewed the application and recommended its approval for $28,000 in funding.
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $28,000 is authorized from the Capital Improvement Fund Account Code 5040-10100-8CP2318DNGPRO for the Permanent Blue Light Cameras Project.
SECTION 2. That the Mayor is authorized to execute the necessary contract for the purpose authorized in Section 1, upon such terms and conditions as shall be approved by the Chief of Police and the Director of Law.
SECTION 3. That the Director of Finance is authorized to draw warrant or warrants against the above Account Code in payment of the above authorized obligations in an amount not to exceed that authorized in Section 1 upon presentation of the proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 4. That this council finds and determines that it is in the best interest of the City to waive the formal competitive bidding provision of TMC Chapter 187 for the reason that the vendor has significant knowledge of the Toledo Police Department’s surveillance network and has provided and installed the City’s surveillance cameras.
SECTION 5. That this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that the same is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property and for the further reason that this Ordinance must be immediately effective to install the cameras in a timely manner.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 11, nays 0.
Passed: October 7, 2025, as an emergency measure: yeas 11, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Carrie Hartman
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: October 7, 2025
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor