IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION partially rescinding Resolution No. 17008, dated September 14, 2009, withdrawing the award to Avaya Financial Services of Lisle, IL, for financing of the VoIP telephone system, and awarding the financing of the VoIP telephone system to NFS Leasing, Inc., of Chicago, Illinois, at a cost to the County not to exceed $1,413,579.68, with $42,668.88 payable for the 2009 fiscal year.
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RESOLUTION #17052, October 26, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, Scott Burnett, Henry C. Rizzo, Theresa Garza Ruiz, Fred Arbanas, James D. Tindall, Dennis Waits, Dan Tarwater, Greg Grounds, and Bob Spence, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, by Resolution 17008, dated September 14, 2009, the Legislature did authorize the award of a contract for a VoIP telephone system to SKC Communications ("SKC") of Shawnee Mission, KS, the award of a contract for financing of the telephone system to Avaya Financial Services of Lisle, IL, at a total cost to the County not to exceed $1,468,224.00, with $40,784.00 payable for the 2009 fiscal year, under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposal No. 46-08; and,
WHEREAS, subsequent to the adoption of Resolution 17008, Avaya Financial Services was unable to fund the financing; and,
WHEREAS, SKC now recommends an alternative financing company, NFS Leasing, Inc., of Chicago, Illinois, which shall provide financing at a total cost to the County not to exceed $1,413,579.68, with $42,668.88 payable for the 2009 fiscal year; and,
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing recommends that the County Executive be authorized to execute a lease purchase agreement with NFS Leasing, Inc., for financing the system through a master lease/purchase agreement; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the portion of Resolution 17008, dated September 14, 2009, awarding a contract for financing of the system to Avaya Financial Services of Lisle, IL, is hereby rescinded; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute a master lease/purchase agreement with NFS Leasing, of Chicago, Illinois, at a total cost to the County not to exceed $1,413,579.68, with $42,668.88 payable for the 2009 fiscal year, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the Agreement, to the extent that sufficient appropriations to the using spending agency are contained in the then current Jackson County budget.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Deputy/Assistant County Counselor Acting County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #17052 of October 26, 2009, was duly passed on October 26, 2009 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ______7_______ Nays ______0________
Abstaining ____0_____ Absent ______2______
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
Fiscal Note
There is a balance otherwise unencumbered to the credit of the appropriation to which the expenditure is chargeable and there is a cash balance otherwise unencumbered in the treasury to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made each sufficient to provide for the obligation herein authorized.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 001 5101 56430
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Non Departmental
Telephone Utility
NOT TO EXCEED: $17,000.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 001 1305 56080
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Information Technology
Other Professional Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $5,000.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 003 5103 56430
ACCOUNT TITLE: Park Fund
Non-Departmental
Telephone Utility
NOT TO EXCEED: $7,668.88
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 004 1506 56430
ACCOUNT TITLE: Special Road & Bridge Fund
Road Maintenance
Telephone Utility
NOT TO EXCEED: $8,000.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 045 4500 56430
ACCOUNT TITLE: Assessment Fund
Non Departmental
Telephone Utility
NOT TO EXCEED: $5,000.00
Remaining funds sufficient to meet this obligation are subject to appropriation of the 2010 and future years' budgets.
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing