Explanation
This legislation authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a contract with Daystar Computer Systems, Inc. for the continued support and maintenance of Legistar, the city's established citywide electronic system for creating and submitting legislation.
FISCAL IMPACT: This item was reflected in the third quarter financial review.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a contract with Daystar Computer Systems, Inc. for the support and maintenance of Legistar, the city's established citywide electronic system for creating and submitting legislation; and to authorize the expenditure of $22,515.00 from the General Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($22,515.00)
Body
WHEREAS, in December 2001, the City entered into a contract with Daystar Computer Systems, Inc. for the planning, design and installation of the Legistar software application, and
WHEREAS, the duties of the City Clerk include receiving, processing and maintaining all legislation submitted to her office for consideration by City Council, and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk desires to enter into this contract with Daystar Computer Systems, Inc. for the support and maintenance of Legistar, the city's established citywide electronic system for creating and submitting legislation, creating and maintaining Council Agendas and Journals, recording Council votes, and assisting in the production of the City Bulletin, and
WHEREAS, the City has seen a great benefit to using the application and has translated into real dollar savings totaling over $120,000 per year for the Clerk's Office alone,
WHEREAS, all City departments and offices have benefited greatly from using the application and have realized considerable time savings in processing legislation, and
WHEREAS, entering into the said contract with Daystar will allow the City to continue to receive support and quarterly updates and/or upgrades for the Legistar software application, and
WHEREAS, this Legistar sup...
Click here for full text