2025-12-11 December 11, 2025 Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes - FINAL
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December 11, 2025 6:00 PM City of Smyrna Mayor and Council Meeting 2800 King Street SE Human Resources Training Room Page 2 of 5 ATH2025-196: There are currently two separate contracts with Axon, one part for body cameras and in-car cameras and associated software, another part for body cameras and in-car cameras. This allows the city to consolidate existing contracts and receive a discount for the next five years. Carol Sicard, Human Resources Director, spoke about the following: ATH2025-113: The numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics ending September 30 are in, and the ECI, which has been used for the past five years was 3.6, and the City budgeted 3% for COLA. Merit increases based on performance as of June 30 of this year are set at an increase of between 2.5-2.5% depending on rating. ATH2025-208: This is a renewal with GIRMA for Georgia Firefighters’ Cancer Benefit Program. 4. Formal Business and Presentations A. COW2025-115 Presentation by FLOCK Safety Evan Jeffcoat, Chase Hinson, and Natalie Coast from Flock Safety presented the following: The Next Era of Policing Starts Now Flock Safety is: • Atlanta Company started in 2017 • Protect about 1,500 businesses • 2,800 crimes per day are solved using Flock technology • 6,000 communities protected by Flock Citywide Solutions: Multi-use technology can help departments work together: • Law Enforcement • Fire Department • Parks Department • Traffic Operations • City Planning • Parking Enforcement • Curb Management • Emergency Management • School Safety • Economic Development There are currently 9 fixed LPR cameras in Smyrna. They propose to have 75 LPR cameras, 70 live video cameras, 1 mobile security trailer, 2 drones. Built with Privacy in Mind – Enabling Accountability • Data is 100% owned by customers and will never be sold. • Private customers never have access to government data or hotlists. • Flock automatically deletes data after 30 days by default. • Flock has no access to personally identifiable information. • Only your agency decided who to share with, not Flock. • End to end Encryption at the highest level, FBI(CJIS), HIPPA, ISO27001 • Every search requires a registered ID with a search or case number.