Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to associate all General Budget reservations resulting from this ordinance with the following Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreement listed below for Bill Presentment Services for the Department of Public Utilities Call Center.
UNIVERSAL TERM CONTRACT PURCHASE AGREEMENT:
PA007021 - Bill Presentment Services UTC - expires 1/31/2026
Supplier: Level One, LLC Vendor# 001000, CC expiration, pending.
The company is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
Fiscal Impact: $845,000.00 is budgeted in object class 03 Services and needed for this purchase.
$1,170,000.00 was spent in 2024
$1,292,511.65 was spent in 2023
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Emergency designation is requested to avoid running out of funds and not being able to process invoices. We are projected to run out of money to pay the October 2025 invoice.
Title
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to associate all General Budget reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreement for the purchase of Bill Presentment Services with Level One, LLC for the Division of Power, the Division of Water, and the Division of Water Reclamation; and to authorize the expenditure of $845,000.00 split among the Electricity, Water, Sanitary Sewer, and Stormwater Operating Funds, and to declare an emergency. ($845,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office established a Universal Term Contract for the purchase of Bill Payment Services; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the expenditure of $845,000.00 from the Public Utilities Operating Fund, split among the Electricity, Water, Sanitary Sewer, and Stormwater Operating Funds; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily o...
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