Explanation
BACKGROUND:
Need: The City of Columbus Division of Police has established a contract with intellinetics, Inc. (PC19032 & PC19032A) to provide for a document imaging and criminal mug shot system. The original contract included options to purchase system maintenance for 1-year terms. The Division of Police would like to modify this contact to purchase the 5th 1-year maintenance term.
Bid Information: N/A
Contact Compliance No: 311491111
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is requested for this ordinance so as to allow for the funds to become available for the purchase of the maintenance and support agreement for the continued operation of the Division of Police. Need is critical due to the fact that the current maintenance agreement expired February 12th 2004.
Fiscal Impact:
Funds are budgeted in the Division of the Police General Funds under the maintenance code. $137,831.00 was spent in 2003 for this systems maintenance and support.
Title
To authorize and direct the Finance Director to modify an existing contact with intellinetics, Inc. for the Division of Police for the purchase of the 5th year of the maintenance and support agreement and to authorize the expenditure $104,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($104,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, a maintenance and support agreement in needed to maintain the overall efficiency of the Division of the Police's document imaging and mug shot system; and
WHEREAS, a contract was awarded to intellinetics, Inc., for a customized document imaging and mug shot system; and
WHEREAS, contract #PC19032 and PC#19032A needs to be modified in order to purchase the 5th year maintenance and support plan identified in the original contract; and
WHEREAS, funds from the Division of Police's General Fund comprise this purchase and those funds have been budgeted and appropriated; and
WHEREAS, emergency legislation is needed because the current maintenance agreement expired February 12, 2004; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual operation of the Division of Police, Department of Public Safety, in that it is immediately necessary to modify contract PC19032 and PC19032A for the purchase of the 5th year of maintenance and support in order to maintain the system for the preservation of public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Finance Director be and is hereby authorized to modify the existing contract with intellinetics, Inc. in order to purchase the 5th year maintenance term in the total amount of $104,000.00 for the Division of Police, Department of Safety.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $104,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, be and the same is hereby authorized as follows:
DIV FUND OBJ#1 OBJ#3 OCA AMOUNT
30-03 010 03 3372 301564 $104,000.00
Section 3. 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.