IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing six (6) month extension of a contract with Sprint Payphone Services, Inc., of Overland Park, KS, for the furnishing of an inmate pay telephone system and services for use by the Corrections Department at no cost to the County.
Intro
RESOLUTION # 15471, April 18, 2005
INTRODUCED BY Rhonda L. Shoemaker, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, by Resolution 13302, dated July 31, 2000, the Legislature did award a three (3) year contract pursuant to Request for Proposal 75-00 (RFP 75-00) for the furnishing of inmate pay telephone system and services for use by the Corrections Department to Sprint Payphone Services, Inc., of Overland Park, KS, with an option to extend that contract for two (2) additional one (1) year periods in the same terms; and,
WHEREAS, the County did exercise its option to extend the contract for the two (2) one year periods ending November 6, 2005; and,
WHEREAS, Sprint Payphone Services, Inc., has agreed to a six (6) month extension of the contract to May 5, 2006 with an option to extend for another six (6) month period to November 6, 2006; and,
WHEREAS, Sprint has agreed to continue to pay to the County the same guaranteed rate of commission; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Paragraph 11.4 of RFP 75-00, attached hereto as Exhibit A, Sprint Payphone Services, Inc., has proposed an immediate increase in the current rate charged to the called parties from 0.95¢ per 30-minute call to a new rate of $1.95 per 30-minute call at no cost to the County; and,
WHEREAS, the Director of Purchasing and the Director of the Corrections Department recommend this extension and proposed rate increase as being in the best interest of the County; and,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute for the County any documents necessary for an extension of the contract with Sprint Payphone Services, Inc., of Overland Park, KS from November 6, 2005 to May 6, 2006 in a form to be approved by the County Counselor, with the increased rate to be effective upon adoption of this Resolution.
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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Acting Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution # 15471 of April 18, 2005 was duly passed on ________May 2______________, 2005 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______9________ Nays _______0_______
Abstaining ____0_____ Absent _____0_______
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature