Explanation
Background: The Franklin County Municipal Court, Clerk of Court (herein referred to as "Municipal Court Clerk") has an immediate need to enter into contract(s) for the conversion of existing court documents into electronic images and the implementation of a day forward document conversion system. Currently, the storage space in the Clerk's Office is inadequate to house the volume of court documents. Further, any documents stored in non-designated areas must be removed to comply with the Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire Codes.
The imaging services and conversion system will optimize storage space, reduce future storage costs and provide efficient access to court document information.
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance and Management on behalf of the Municipal Court Clerk to purchase workstations for the conversion system from Resource One Computer System, Inc., through Universal Term Contract FL003923, expiration date 3/31/2011. The workstations are needed to support the new imaging software.
Contract Compliance Numbers:
Resource One Computer System, Inc., 31-1419297, expiration date 5/6/2011
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 finding for recovery certified search.
Emergency: Emergency action is requested so that the project may be undertaken as quickly as possible due to unavailability of storage space for the Municipal Court documents.
Fiscal Impact: Funds in the amount of $102,776.15 will be transferred from the special income tax fund to the Municipal Court Clerk Capital Improvement Fund, and be repaid once bond proceeds are available.
Title
To authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer $102,776.15 from the Special Income Tax Fund to the Municipal Court Clerk Capital Improvement Fund; to authorize the Dire...
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