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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 042-2023 RESOLUTION NO. 042-2023 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH CONFERENCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (CTI) FOR BACKUP POWER AND POWER CONDITIONERS FOR COUNCIL CHAMBERS EQUIPMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,830.10 WHEREAS, on March 17, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-29-20, suspending certain provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act in order to allow local legislative bodies to conduct meetings telephonically or by other means; and WHEREAS, in response to the Governor’s Executive Order, staff worked quickly to set up Zoom meetings for all City Council and Commission meetings; and WHEREAS, holding meetings via Zoom allowed residents to access meetings from their phones or electronic devices and participate in these meetings; and WHEREAS, staff saw an increase in public participation and found it easier to schedule consultants as they don’t have to travel to Burlingame for a meeting; and WHEREAS, Council asked staff to look into ways of allowing the public to continue to utilize Zoom to participate in meetings once the Council and Commissions returned to in-person meetings; and WHEREAS, at the October 18, 2021 meeting, the City Council approved entering into an agreement with CTI to upgrade the Council Chambers’ audiovisual equipment in order to support hybrid meetings; and WHEREAS, due to rain and wind storms, the equipment has suffered from power surges and outages; and WHEREAS, in order to protect the equipment and ensure that the City can continue to provide hybrid meetings, backup power and power conditioners are needed; and WHEREAS, because the upgrades are capital improvements to the City’s video and audio system, the City can utilize PEG fee revenues to fund this project; and WHEREAS, it is expected that the amendment to the CTI agreement will cost the City $9,830.10. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME DOES DocuSign Envelope ID: F8CDD66C-E93E-4BFD-A917-263C0FF108FB RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute an amendment to the service agreement with Conference Technologies, Inc., for an additional $9,830.10 for necessary upgrades to the Council Chambers in order to allow for hybrid meetings. ________________________________ Michael Brownrigg, Mayor I, MEAGHAN HASSEL-SHEARER, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 17th day of April, 2023, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BEACH, BROWNRIGG, COLSON, ORTIZ, STEVENSON NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ________________________________ Meaghan Hassel-Shearer, City Clerk DocuSign Envelope ID: F8CDD66C-E93E-4BFD-A917-263C0FF108FB