Explanation
BACKGROUND:
The Department of Technology (DoT) requires support and maintenance services, from Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) to support ongoing operations of the city's geographic information system (GIS), which supports several business applications, such as web-based applications utilized by city residents and city employees, crime mapping, My Neighborhood, Capital Improvement Projects Map, and the Zoning Map applications, Citywide desktop software used for data maintenance and analysis, as well as other GIS data products.
In order to continue the benefits of this software product, including upgrades and support, the city must renew its contract with ESRI, which will allow the city to continue receiving upgrades, technical support and subscriptions. Without the software maintenance support services the city will not be able to deploy web-based applications, such as crime mapping, My Neighborhood, Capital Improvement Projects Map, and the Zoning Map applications, and the city will lose the capability to upgrade current software applications and vendor technical support. Also, losing these services will negatively impact customer service and peak performance provided to city residents and employees that utilize web-based applications.
The City of Columbus, Department of Technology entered into a support services contract, associated with EL003467, with ESRI, as authorized by Columbus City Council (Ordinance No. 0976-02) in July 2002. The passage of this ordinance will allow DoT to renew annual support and maintenance services, with ESRI, from April 15, 2008 through April 14, 2009. This annual software maintenance and support agreement is for ESRI software maintenance for both server-side components and client-side components.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The renewal of ESRI support maintenance is budgeted and available in the 2008 Information Services fund's budget and will cover the time period from April 15, 2008 through A...
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