IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION awarding a fourteen-month term and supply contract with two twelve-month options to extend for the furnishing of a cloud-based SaaS Solution for use by the Collections Department to PayIt, LLC, of Kansas City, MO, under the terms and conditions of the National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance Contract No. 01-66, a competitively-bid government contract, at no cost to the County.
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RESOLUTION NO. 19996, October 1, 2018
INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Collections Department has a continuing need to process on-line payments; and,
WHEREAS, the department's current software is antiquated and is anticipated to require replacement with updated software from Thomson Reuters within the next two to three years; and,
WHEREAS, by Resolution 19958, dated August 20, 2018, the Legislature did award a term and supply contract to UMB Bank of Kansas City, MO, for on-line payment processing for tax payments, while awaiting the updated software; and,
WHEREAS, the age of the current system presents possible performance and security issues during the property tax season, potentially leading to upset taxpayers and additional workload for the County's staff; and,
WHEREAS, PayIT was awarded a competitively bid contract by the National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance in November 2016; and,
WHEREAS, under this contract, taxpayers will pay an administrative fee of $1.25 for each ACH (electronic check) and 2.7% per credit card transaction, with no charge to the County; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 1030.4 of the Jackson County Code, the Director of Finance and Purchasing recommends the award of fourteen-month term and supply contract with two twelve-month options to extend, for the furnishing of a Cloud based SaaS Solutions to PayIt, LLC of Kansas City (Jackson County), MO, under the terms and conditions of National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance Contract No 01-66...
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