IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION awarding a twenty-four-month contract for the furnishing of software maintenance services for the COMBAT Community CareLink and COMBAT Connections databases for use by the COMBAT staff to First Call Technologies, LLC, of Kansas City, MO, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $182,435.00, as a sole source purchase.
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RESOLUTION NO. 22410, September 21, 2026
INTRODUCED BY Venessa Huskey, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Resolution 21708, dated August 26, 2024, and Resolution 20564, dated November 23,2020, the Legislature awarded contracts for the furnishing of the COMBAT Community CareLink and COMBAT Connections databases which include grant application software, prevention software, and the Striving Together To Reduce Violence in Neighborhoods (STRIVIN) package, for use by COMBAT to First Call Technologies, LLC, of Kansas City, MO as a sole source purchase; and,
WHEREAS, COMBAT has a need for annual software maintenance for these software packages; and,
WHEREAS, section 1030.1, 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 of and approval by the Legislature on such sole source purchases exceeding $25,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, the COMBAT Director and Interim Director of Finance and Purchasing recommend the purchase of the required maintenance from First Call Technologies, LLC, as a sole source, because First Call, as the developer of this proprietary software, is the only vendor capable of maintaining it; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that award be made as recommended by the COMBAT Director and Interim Director of Finance and Purchasing; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Interim Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby 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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Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 22410 of September 21, 2026, was duly passed on ______________________, 2026 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _________________ Nays ______________
Abstaining _____________ Absent ____________
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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: 008 4401 56662
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund
COMBAT Administration
Software Maintenance
NOT TO EXCEED: $182,435.00
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Date Phil LeVota, County Executive