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File #: 0770-2025    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/14/2025 In control: Public Safety & Criminal Justice Committee
On agenda: 4/21/2025 Final action: 4/24/2025
Title: To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management on behalf of the Franklin County Municipal Court, Clerk of Court to modify the existing contract with Dell Marketing LP for the support, hosting of the monthly Azure usage; to waive the competitive bidding provisions of Columbus City code; to authorize the expenditure of $3,000.00 from the Municipal Court Clerk’s Computer Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($3,000.00)
Attachments: 1. 0770-2025 SOS, 2. 0770-2025 STS, 3. 0770-2025 Azure Financial String, 4. 0770-2025 Bid Waiver
Explanation

Background:
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance and Management on behalf of the Franklin County Municipal Court, Clerk of Court (“Municipal Court Clerk”) to modify the existing contract with Dell Marketing LP for the support, hosting of the monthly Azure usage; to authorize the expenditure of up to $3,000.00, from the Municipal Court Clerk’s Computer Fund.

The Municipal Court Clerk is in the process of migrating the existing phone system to Microsoft Teams Voice. This legislation allows the Municipal Court Clerk to utilize the existing Azure licensing for monthly cloud storage of recorded phone data. To store recorded phone calls from Microsoft Teams Voice, cloud storage is required. This cloud storage is billed at a rate set by Microsoft. This legislation authorized blanket funds for these rates to be paid monthly.

Cloud Services $0.1170 per hour
App Service $0.1000 per hour
Azure SQL Database $0.0202 per hour
Storage Accounts $21.0000 per month
Write Operations $0.0720 per 10K Operations
Read Operations $0.0060 per 10K Operations
IR Read Operations $0.0060 per 10K Operations
IR Write Operations $0.0720 per 100 Operations
Key Vault Operations $0.0300 per 10K Operations
KV Advanced Operations $0.1500 per 10K Operations
KV Cert Renewal $3.0000 per renewal
KV Hardware Security $1.0000 per key



This Ordinance is being submitted in accordance with the relevant provisions of Chapter 329 of City Code pertaining to contract modifications.

1. Amount of additional funds: The total amount needed for the modification is $3,000.00. Dell Marketing LP provided rates for the services.

2. Reason additional funds were not foreseen: The pricing rate was not established at the time because the Municipal Court Clerk’s Office was not ready to consume Azure resources until after entering into PO476416.

3. Reason other procurement processes were not used: The vendor has a State Term Schedule (STS), STS #0A1252-01, that...

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