IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the Director of Finance and Purchasing to execute a renewal of the County's contracts with Mangrove Software of Tampa, FL, for an additional one year term, and EMC Corporation of Hopkinton, MA, for an additional six month term, to provide maintenance of hardware and software for use by the Information Technology Department, as sole source purchases, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $75,653.20.
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RESOLUTION #16754, November 10, 2008
INTRODUCED BY Scott Burnett, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, Section 1030.1 of the Jackson County Code, 1984, eliminates the requirement for competitive bidding when items to be purchased can be obtained from only one source and requires notification to and approval by the Legislature on such sole source purchases exceeding $25,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, Mangrove Software has been providing the current human resources and payroll software and EMC Corporation has been providing maintenance on the EMC SAN mass storage device; and,
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing now recommends that the County renew the agreements with Mangrove Software for an additional one-year term, and with EMC Corporation for an additional six-month term, to provide for maintenance of hardware and software; and,
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing has determined that the services to be purchased, due to their proprietary nature, can only be obtained from one source; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be, and hereby is, authorized to execute for the County renewal contracts with EMC Corporation for a period not to exceed six months, and with Mangrove Software for a period not to exceed one year, for the maintenance of hardware and software for use by the Information Technology Department, as sole source purchases; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing is authorized to make all payments including final payment on the contract.
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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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #16754 of November 10, 2008, was duly passed on November 17, 2008 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________8_________ Nays ______0_______
Abstaining ______0_______ Absent _____1_______
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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 1305 56662
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Information Technology
Software Maintenance
NOT TO EXCEED: $39,991.94
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 001 1305 56520
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Information Technology
Maintenance & Repair - Heavy Equipment
NOT TO EXCEED: $35,661.26
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing