Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Safety, on behalf of the Division of Support Services, to modify a contract with Hexagon Safety and Infrastructure for the 9.4 upgrade to the City's Computer Aided Dispatching System (CAD). The Director of Public Safety originally contracted with Intergraph Corporation (now doing business as Hexagon) in March 2010 to replace the City's CAD system, and in 2015 to upgrade the system.
In the process of the CAD upgrade, an internal audit discovered that Support Services did not purchase enough licenses. Each desktop in the Communications Center and each MDT in a cruiser and fire vehicle requires a license. This ordinance would cover the additional licenses needed for Public Safety to be in compliance.
CAD is used to assist in processing calls from the public to the Department of Public Safety's 9-1-1 dispatch center (both Police and Fire). The system aids call-takers and dispatchers by electronically moving pertinent data to the proper field personnel over voice or data communications. The CAD system also records call/run data that is used for reporting, analysis, and record-keeping purposes throughout the City (e.g., OD Map, Nuisance Abatement, Celebrate One).
Bid Information: The Department of Public Safety requests this purchase based upon the sole source provisions of the Columbus City Code as Hexagon Safety and Infrastructure is the only known provider of the required upgrade and services for the CAD system.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Emergency designation is requested to ensure the continued operation and maintenance of the CAD System.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an appropriation and total expenditure of $265,965.21 from the Wireless E911 fund to cover the cost of additional licenses for the City's CAD system.
Title
To authorize an appropriation of $265,965.21 within the Wireless E911 Fund; to authorize the Public Safety Director to modi...
Click here for full text