The vote came during Monday’s regular council meeting.

The list of replacement items includes six laptops and 13 desktops for all-in-one computers (with monitor). The total for the replacements is $18,755, but city staff requested up to $20,000 in expenditure authority for the bulk purchase to accommodate the likely need to include additional monitors, cables and other accessory equipment. Tonganoxie Police Department will utilize 52% of the proposed replacements.

The various individual pricing is as follows: all-in-one equivalent desktop Dell OptiPlex AIO 7420, $1,290; standard laptop (with 256 GB storage) HP ProBook 460 G11, $960; standard desktop (with 256 GB storage) Dell OptiPlex 7020 Micro, $840; and advanced processor desktop computer Dell OptiPlex 7929 SFF Tower, $1,565.

In other business, the council:

• Was briefed on the city being awarded Midco Community Foundation grants. The two grant applications were approved and fully awarded for the requested funding.

Midco staff delivered respective grant receipts of $2,000 and $2,070 to city staff on Nov. 25. Staff will complete the grant-funded equipment purchases before the end of the current fiscal year.

The Tonganoxie City Fire Department’s grant application was submitted for procurement of additional AEDs (automated external defibrillators) for the community, which are crucial to provide in public places because they enable immediate life-saving intervention in case of sudden cardiac arrest, significantly increasing the chances of survival by allowing bystanders to deliver a shock to the heart within critical minutes of collapse. The expected future location of the additional AED device is within the newly constructed dog park owned and operated by the

Tonganoxie Recreation Commission.

The City Hall/Chambers grant application was submitted for funding support for the purchase of technology equipment that will be made available to the general public at the City Hall facility and inside the City Council/Municipal Court Chambers facility during business hours and public meetings and other events held at the facilities. The community stands to benefit from provision of access to technology devices within the City’s facilities when they attend public meetings or municipal court sessions as many of the City’s key documents, including meeting agenda packets, meeting minutes, payment portals, and forms and applications are readily available online and on the city’s website.