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File #: BL2025-1138   
Type: Bill Status: Second Reading
File created: 11/6/2025 In control: Metropolitan Council
On agenda: 12/4/2025 Final action:
Title: An ordinance approving Amendment 3 to Contract #455783 for the provision of body camera equipment between Motorola Solutions Inc., and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.
Sponsors: Kyonzte Toombs, Jordan Huffman, Joy Styles, David Benton
Attachments: 1. Contract

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An ordinance approving Amendment 3 to Contract #455783 for the provision of body camera equipment between Motorola Solutions Inc., and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.

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WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government entered into Contract #455783 with WatchGuard, Inc., on August 29, 2019, for the purpose of providing body camera equipment to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department; and

WHEREAS, Amendment 2 (BL2020-554) to the contract extended the term of the agreement for sixty months from the date the amendment was filed in the office of the Metropolitan Clerk, bringing the contract term to a total of seventy-two (72) months and making the current termination date of the contract May 1, 2027; and

WHEREAS, Amendment 2 also authorized the Equipment Lease-Purchase Agreement #24876 to be entered into and classified as Exhibit H to the Contract, and to be entered into with Motorola Solutions, Inc., which owns WatchGuard Inc.; and,

WHEREAS, Amendment 3 to this contract extends the term of the agreement to a term of one-hundred- and twenty-months (120), making the new termination date of the contract August 28, 2029; and

WHEREAS, Amendment 3 to this contract adds $8,000,000.00 in value to for a revised estimated value of $27,000,000.00; and

WHEREAS, Amendment 3 inserts required language to clause 8.28 related to the Boycott of Isreal; and

WHEREAS, Amendment 3 removes and replaces Exhibit A - Pricing, to reflect updated pricing; and

WHEREAS, Amendment 3 removes previous Exhibit G - Three Party Escrow Service Agreement, and replaces it with Exhibit G - Additional Terms and Conditions, to reflect updated software language, and amends clause 1.1. Heading to update the name of Exhibit G accordingly; and

WHEREAS, Section 4.12.160 of the Metropolitan Code limits the term of contracts for supplies to sixty (60) months, unless otherwise authorized by the Metropolitan Council; and

WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this Amendment 3 be approved.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

Section 1. That Amendment 3 to Contract #455783 between Motorola Solutions, Inc., and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, which extends the term of the contract, increases the value of the contract, and removes and replaces language and various exhibits to reflect updated terms, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved.

Section 2. That this ordinance shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it,