The city of Krugerville's hope to have Opticom traffic controllers on the traffic light that Tx-DOT will install at U.S. 377 and Stewart Road.
The city is working with Aubrey to fund the portion that goes on the light itself to help defray the costs of using that system.
'Chief [Stoney] Ward was able to get Aubrey to split the cost of the actual Opticom itself,' Mayor Pro Tem Kristen Kromer said at the Nov. 17 City Council meeting.
She also shared the bids for the installation of the work to install the devices in the Krugerville Police Department squad cars, upon which Ward expanded.
'Defender is going to be roughly $800 cheaper,' Ward said. 'I'm hoping the council will approve us to go with Stolz Telecom. They are just right here off Geesling Road in Denton. The benefit with going with Stolz is once they put that Opticom on the car for us, that is warrantied 100% for the entire time we have the vehicle.'
Proximity was a big factor for Ward.
'We're not driving all the way to Argyle, which is where Defender is located, to get a car,' Ward said. 'We're usually down two to three days when we drop a car off down at Defender in Argyle.'
Stolz was also recommended by Whelen, the company that supplies the Opticom Emergency Vehicle Preemption technology.
Council member Stacey Sasser brought up issues KVPD has had with delays from Defender and asked what Stolz has said about its management of build dates.
'He said that once we get a build date on anything that we've got, no matter who comes in, we're never pushed,' Ward said. 'He goes by build dates.'
She responded, saying, 'that's a big deal.'
'Our timeline keeps moving, and that makes it difficult on our officers to be able to function, because their vehicles are in a holding pattern,' Sasser said.
The city still has the chief's squad car being built out by Defender, but the council asked about moving that to Stolz.
'We should give these new guys a shot,' Kromer said.
She also moved that the money come from the Municipal Court reserve.
Also at the meeting, the council discussed the rental agreement for the new Community Center.
One change was to set the max occupancy at 75.
The other was to incorporate a clause to help give police response, if needed, more teeth.
'This is just a request from our police chief to add to this application, and I personally don't see a problem with it,' council member Rodney Cagle said.
He also cited issues with recurring rentals for people attempting to use the building for commercial purposes, such as a yoga studio.
The council unanimously approved adjustments to the application.
