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CityCouncil | 2015-06-02 | 16 | 285 In response to Mayor Spencer's inquiry regarding the rate increase impact on the budget, the Interim City Manager stated staff received advanced notice and the 25% increase is in the budget. In response to Mayor Spencer's inquiry, Mr. Linney stated EBMUD did a past-bills comparison during the last drought cycle; a comparison will not be done this drought cycle; the more people save, the less they will be impacted. (15-369) Recommendation to Authorize the Interim City Manager to Negotiate and Execute a Five Year Agreement with Taser International for the Acquisition, Support and Maintenance of 80 Body Worn Digital Video Cameras and a Digital Evidence Management System and Appropriate $424,752.61 from the Police Departments' Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-15 Budget to Finance the Acquisition. The Police Chief gave a brief presentation. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft stated the agreement should not have come to Council without a draft use policy; a full blown forum is not necessary, but the body camera issue is a high profile item; the Council and public want to know what the City is acquiring and how the equipment will be used; the City of San Leandro purchased the same type of equipment and had a use policy; the City of San Jose is simultaneously developing their policy; she appreciates the Police Chief's offer to bring the use policy back to Council, but does not want to put the cart before the horse; she understands the grant money process and does not want to disadvantage the department, but in order to have her vote, a draft policy needs to come back to Council before the end of the Fiscal Year and before cameras are used in the field. Vice Mayor Matarrese stated the policy should include the use of the camera and access to the data the camera collects; that he would like assurance in writing that the data is stored and protected and Taser International can prove the data is protected. The Police Chief stated the data belongs to the City; Taser is simply holding it; data would be deleted on the City's schedule based on the retention policy. Vice Mayor Matarrese inquired whether the use policy would include the Freedom of Information or Public Records Act rules, to which the Police Chief responded in the affirmative. In response to Councilmember Oddie's inquiry, Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft stated she would prefer not to deploy the equipment until a use policy is brought before the Council by the end of the Fiscal Year. Councilmember Oddie stated it is an issue of civil rights; that he is sympathetic to the timeline to develop policy; there is nationwide debate and policy makers know what is going on; Assembly Bill (AB) 66 would create Statewide standards; keeping the public Regular Meeting Alameda City Council June 2, 2015 | CityCouncil/2015-06-02.pdf |