Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Office of the City Auditor, Division of Income Tax (herein referred to as “Division”) to increase funding to and extend the existing contract (EL017625) with Landmark Media Enterprises, LLC DBA Continental Broadband Pennsylvania, LLC DBA Expedient Data Centers (herein referred to as “Expedient”) for managed virtualization, managed backups, shared managed firewall, colocation and data center connectivity services for the Division’s E-file application.
Item No. 8.1 of the original contract ED049903 Master Services Agreement through December 22, 2014 provides for the option to renew for three (3) one (1) year periods. At this time, the Division is exercising its option to renew for the third (3rd) of the three (3) renewal periods of the contract. Expedient’s contract compliance number 262850324-001 expires on 1-14-2017.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation authorizes an increase of $16,886.50, for total expenditures of $67,546.00. Funding for these expenditures is budgeted within the Division’s 2016 operating budget.
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To authorize the Office of the City Auditor, Division of Income Tax, to modify an existing contract with Landmark Media Enterprises, LLC DBA Continental Broadband Pennsylvania, LLC DBA Expedient Data Centers for the Division’s E-file application; to authorize an expenditure of $16,886.50 from the Division of Income Tax’s Operating Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($16,886.50)
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WHEREAS, the Division of Income Tax has a need to modify the contract with Landmark Media Enterprises, LLC DBA Continental Broadband Pennsylvania, LLC DBA Expedient Data Centers for managed virtualization, managed backups, shared managed firewall, colocation and data center connectivity services for the Division’s E-file application; and
WHEREAS, Landmark Media Enterprises, LLC DBA Continental Broadband Pennsylvania, LLC DBA Expedient Data Centers currently hosts the Division of Income Tax’s E-file application; and
WHEREAS, the Division of Income Tax’s E-file application facilitates greater convenience for taxpayer filing; and
WHEREAS, the Division of Income Tax’s E-file application promotes faster processing of tax returns and related payments for individuals; now, therefore:
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Office of the City Auditor, Division of Income Tax, in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate funds to allow for uninterrupted operation of the Division of Income Tax’s services for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Office of the City Auditor, Division of Income Tax, is hereby authorized and directed to modify the existing contract (EL017625) with Landmark Media Enterprises, LLC DBA Continental Broadband Pennsylvania, LLC DBA Expedient Data Centers to increase funding and extend the contract for the managed virtualization, managed backups, shared managed firewall, colocation and data center connectivity services for the Division’s E-file application.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $16,886.50 or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby authorized in object class 03 contractual services per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.
SECTION 4. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.