Title
To authorize the Director of Public Safety to modify a contract with Time Warner Telecom for voice/data service for the fire connectivity project, to authorize the expenditure of $50,000.00 from the General Fund and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)
Explanation
BACKGROUND:
Need: Ordinance 2688-2003, passed 12/15/2003, established a three-year contract not to exceed $65,399.00 annually between the Director of the Department of Technology and Time Warner Telecom for voice/data services to support the fire connectivity project. This project connects 32 fire stations to the city's network through the use of both leased lines and city owned fiber optic cabling, and allows fire stations to consolidate its voice and data needs through one connection point thereby reducing the operating funds needed for this purpose. There is an immediate need in the Division of Fire to establish funding for this contract to pay for the aforementioned services. A total of $54,593.98 was spent in 2004 for these services.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is requested in order to continue this voice/data service to connect fire stations to the city's network uninterrupted.
Contract Compliance Number: 061374299
FISCAL IMPACT:
Budget Amount: Funding in the amount of $309,830 is available in the Division of Fire's 2005 General Fund Budget for telephone services.
Body
WHEREAS, this legislation will authorize the Director of Public Safety to modify an existing contract between the Department of Technology and Time Warner Telecom for voice/data services for the fire connectivity project; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 2688-2003, passed 12/15/2003, established a three-year contract not to exceed $65,399.00 anually between the Director of the Department of Technology and Time Warner Telecom for voice/data services to support the fire connectivity project; and
WHEREAS, these services connect 32 fire stations to the city's network through the use of both leased lines and city owned fiber optic cabling; and
WHEREAS, this connectivity allows fire stations to consolidate its voice and data needs through one connection point thereby reducing the funds needed to for this purpose; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the city in that it is immediately necessary to authorize this contract modification to avoid interruption in necessary services, thereby preserving 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 Director of Public Safety be and is hereby authorized to modify a contract between the Department of Technology and Time Warner Telecom for the purchase of voice/data service connectivity equipment related to the fire connectivity project.
SECTION 2: That the expenditure of $50,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby authorized to be expended from the Fire Division 30-04, General Fund 010, OCA 301531, OL3 3320.
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.