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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 14675 (Crime Analyst Services)1 RESOLUTION NO. 14675 RESOLUTION OF THE SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR CRIME ANALYSIS SERVICES WITH LEXISNEXIS RISK SOLUTIONS, INC., IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $138,215 AND APPROPRIATING THIS AMOUNT FROM THE SAFETY GRANT FUND TO SUPPORT THE AGREEMENT WHEREAS, in 2011, California Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 109 (AB 109), establishing the California Prison Realignment Plan, under which low-level offenders and parole violators are sent to county jail instead of state prison to serve their sentence; and WHEREAS, in Fiscal Year 2012-13 the California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) allotted funds to cities throughout the state to enable a collective effort by municipal law enforcement agencies in each county to address criminal activity and an increase in calls for service due to realignment; and WHEREAS, each county was to elect one city/town to be the fiscal agent for the funds and the City of San Rafael was chosen as the fiscal agent for Marin County; and WHEREAS, in 2014, the Marin County Police Chiefs agreed to use their departments’ BSCC funds, with additional funds from the Marin County Probation Department’s Assembly Bill (AB) 109 funds, to hire a regional crime analyst to provide crime data analysis to all the Marin County law enforcement agencies; and WHEREAS, on March 3, 2014 the City Council approved a resolution authorizing an agreement to use these funds to obtain professional crime analyst services from BAIR Analytics, Inc. for a period of one year, as a countywide resource; and the agreement has been renewed with BAIR Analytics, Inc. and subsequently with that company’s successor, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Inc. (LexisNexis), continuously since; and WHEREAS, the current agreement with LexisNexis is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2019 and the Marin County Police Chiefs wish to renew the agreement for another one-year term; and 2 WHEREAS, the City of San Rafael will again act as the fiduciary agent and project manager for the agreement, on behalf of the law enforcement agencies in Marin County; and WHEREAS, the cost of the crime analysis services under the renewed agreement will again be supported by funds provided by Marin County Probation AB 109 funds and the Marin County Police Chiefs’ BSCC funding, to be deposited in the City’s Safety Grant Fund; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the San Rafael City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute the Analyst for Hire Agreement with LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc. in a final form approved by the City Attorney, and in an amount not to exceed $138,215 for a one-year term; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the San Rafael City Council appropriates $138,215 from the City’s Safety Grant Fund to support this Agreement. I, LINDSAY LARA, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City on the 3rd day of June 2019, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Colin, Gamblin, McCullough & Mayor Phillips NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Bushey Lindsay Lara, City Clerk