Explanation
Background: The purpose of this legislation is to amend Ordinance No. 2173-2025 that passed on September 8, 2025. Ordinance No. 2173-2025 authorized the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a three (3) year contract with Emergency Networking, Inc. and authorized an expenditure not to exceed $33,000.00 for Year 1 funding.
Emergency Networking, Inc. was converted from its corporate form to a limited liability company, Emergency Networking, LLC and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tyler Technologies, Inc. This ordinance amends Ordinance No. 2173-2025 to account for the corporate conversion and to amend the contracting party from Emergency Networking, Inc. to Tyler Technologies, Inc. dba Emergency Networking, LLC.
Contract Compliance: Tyler Technologies, Inc. dba Emergency Networking, LLC, Vendor # 010121, Federal Tax ID: 75-2303920
Fiscal Impact: No additional funds are requested at this time. The grant funds associated with budget reservation ACPO012288 established by the City Auditor’s Office as authorized by Ordinance No. 2173-2025 passed on September 8, 2025 will be utilized to establish the contract with Tyler Technologies, Inc. dba Emergency Networking, LLC after this Ordinance has passed.
Emergency Designation: This ordinance is being submitted as an emergency request since vendor provides a vital service which service has lapsed and it is critical to reestablish the service as quickly as possible because such service is utilized by the Division of Fire’s RREACT (Rapid Response Emergency Addiction Crisis Team) to collect highly detailed data and perform aggregate data analysis.
Title
To amend Ordinance No. 2173-2025 to correct the vendor’s name as a result of a corporate conversion from Emergency Networking, Inc. to Emergency Networking, LLC; to amend the contracting party from Emergency Networking, Inc. to Tyler Technologies, Inc. dba Emergency Networking, LLC; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, the Division of Fire has a need to amend Ordinance No. 2173-2025 passed on September 8, 2025 to correct the vendor’s name as a result of a corporate conversion and to change the contracting party from Emergency Networking, Inc. to Tyler Technologies, Inc. dba Emergency Networking, LLC; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Fire in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the amendments to Ordinance No. 2173-2025 since vendor provides a vital service used by the Division of Fire’s RREACT (Rapid Response Emergency Addiction Crisis Team) to collect highly detailed data and perform aggregate data analysis in relation to the RREACT program which access to service has already lapsed, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Contract Compliance Section of Ordinance No. 2173-2025 be and hereby is amended as follows with additions in underline and deletions in strikethrough:
Contract Compliance:
Emergency Networking, Inc Tyler Technologies, Inc. dba Emergency Networking, LLC., Fed Tax ID: 46-087822475-2303920, Vendor # 020799# 010121
SECTION 2. That the Contract Compliance Section in Ordinance No. 2173-2925 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. That the Title to Ordinance No. 2173-2025 be and hereby is amended as follows with additions in underline and deletions in strikethrough:
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a subscription contract with Emergency Networking, Inc. Tyler Technologies, Inc. dba Emergency Networking, LLC for a customized Client Management System (CMS), to waive the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code; to authorize the contract as multi-year and renewable; to authorize an expenditure of $33,000.00 for Year 1 from the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($33,000.00)
SECTION 4. That the existing Title to Ordinance No. 2173-2025 is repealed.
SECTION 5. That SECTION 1 of the Ordaining Section of Ordinance No. 2173-2025 be and hereby is amended as follows with additions in underline and deletions in strikethrough:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Public Safety be and is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with Emergency Networking, Inc. Tyler Technologies, Inc. dba Emergency Networking, LLC for three (3) years renewed annually with the option for two (2) additional one (1) year renewals, and with subsequent annual one (1) year renewals thereafter by mutual agreement for licensing and continuing development of a customized Client Management System (CMS) that collects highly detailed data and performs aggregate data analysis for the Division of Fire’s RREACT (Rapid Response Emergency Addiction Crisis Team) program.
SECTION 6. That the existing SECTION 1 of Ordinance No. 2173-2025 is repealed.
SECTION 7. That all other references in Ordinance No. 2173-2025 to “Emergency Networking, Inc.’ are hereby declared deleted and stricken and replaced with “Tyler Technologies, Inc. dba Emergency Networking, LLC” whether such reference appears in the Background Section of Ordinance No. 2173-2025; in the Bid Waiver Justification Section of Ordinance No. 2173-2025; or in the Recitals to Ordinance No. 2173-2025.
SECTION 8. That except as provided herein, all other provisions of Ordinance No. 2173-2025 shall remain in full force and effect; it is the intent of City Council that Ordinance No. 2173-2025 and this Ordinance be construed together as a single instrument, as appropriate.
SECTION 9. 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.