Explanation
June 10, 2003
TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF COLUMBIS CITY COUNCIL:
BACKGROUND:
The Municipal Court Judges would request City Council's passage of this Ordinance which will replace all desk top PC's in the offices and courtrooms of judges and employees of the court. The court's current operating system can no longer be supported by Microsoft, therefore, we are migrating to Microsoft Windows XP. The current PC's are six years old and will either operate inefficiently, or not at all, with the new system. The court/clerk's Office of Information Services has provided numerous application upgrades over the past six years, and are now reflecting their years of service with some even totally unresponsive. Replacement of these 225 units will once again create uniformity of equipment and return the integrity of the Court Case Management System to its highest level.
EMERGENCY DECLARATION is requested on this ordinance in order to expedite the installation process in as timely a manner as possible.
BID INFORMATION: The 225 PC's will be purchased from the City wide Universal Term Contract FL001696 approved by Council on June 2, 2003.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this planned expenditure is available within the Municipal Court Judges Computer Special Revenue 2003 appropriations.
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To authorize and direct the Director of the Department of Finance on behalf of the Municipal Court Judges to issue a purchase order to Resource One for the purchase of Dell computers, to authorize the expenditure of $217,125.00 from the Judges Computer Special Revenue Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($217,125.00)
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WHEREAS, the current Court operating system is no longer supported, and thus is being migrated to Microsoft Windows XP, and
WHEREAS, the six year old PC's being used by judges and court staff are not likely to operate efficiently with Windows XP, and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary to purchase new Dell computers for the e...
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