File #: 18558    Version: 0 Name: maintenance of hardware & software on the VoIP Telephone System
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 6/26/2014 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 6/30/2014 Final action: 6/30/2014
Title: A RESOLUTION transferring $41,997.00 within the 2014 General Fund and awarding a twelve-month contract for the maintenance of hardware and software on the VoIP Telephone System for use by the Information Technology Department to SKC Communications of Shawnee Mission, KS, at a cost to the County not to exceed $89,513.00, as a sole source purchase.
Sponsors: Theresa Garza Ruiz
Indexes: GENERAL FUND, IT (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY) DEPARTMENT, SOFTWARE/HARDWARE, TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT
Attachments: 1. 18558bu.pdf, 2. 18558adopt.pdf
Related files: 18034, 18896
      IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
 
 
Title
A RESOLUTION transferring $41,997.00 within the 2014 General Fund and awarding a twelve-month contract for the maintenance of hardware and software on the VoIP Telephone System for use by the Information Technology Department to SKC Communications of Shawnee Mission, KS, at a cost to the County not to exceed $89,513.00, as a sole source purchase.
 
 
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 18558, June 30, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Garza Ruiz, County Legislator
 
 
Body
WHEREAS, the Information Technology Department has a need for ongoing hardware maintenance and service of the VoIP Telephone System for the upcoming twelve-month period; 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 source sole source purchases exceeding $25,000.00; and,
 
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing recommends a twelve-month contract for the furnishing of hardware and software maintenance for the VoIP Telephone System for use by the Information Technology Department, with SKC Communications of Shawnee Mission, KS, at a cost to the County not to exceed $89,513.00; and,
 
WHEREAS, the Director further recommends that he not take competitive bids with regard to said hardware maintenance and service, for the reason that SKC Communications installed the telephone system and is the County's sole software maintenance supplier for the proprietary equipment; and,
 
WHEREAS, a transfer is necessary to place the required funds in the proper spending accounts; and,
 
WHEREAS, the County Executive recommends this transfer; now therefore,
 
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfer be made within the 2014 General Fund:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION            CHARACTER DESCRIPTION         FROM      TO
 
General Fund
Non-Departmental
 
001-5101                        56430 - Telephone Utility            $  41,997
001-5101                        56662 - Software Maintenance                  $41,997
 
and,
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that award be made as recommended by the Director of Finance and Purchasing, and that the Director be, and is hereby, authorized to execute for the County any documents necessary to the accomplishment of the award; and,
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the 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:
 
 
______________________________            ________________________________
Senior Deputy County Counselor                  County Counselor
 
Certificate of Passage
 
      I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 18558 of June 30, 2014, was duly passed on June 30, 2014 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:
 
 
Yeas ________9________            Nays _______0_______
 
 
Abstaining ____0________            Absent _____0_______
 
 
 
 
______________________            _________________________________
Date                                    Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
 
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this transfer are available from the sources indicated below.
 
 
ACCOUNT NUMBER:      001      5101      56430
ACCOUNT TITLE:            General Fund
Non-Departmental
Telephone Utility
NOT TO EXCEED:            $41,997.00
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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      56435
ACCOUNT TITLE:            General Fund
Non Departmental
Telephone Maintenance
NOT TO EXCEED:            $20,392.00
 
ACCOUNT NUMBER:      001      5101      56662
ACCOUNT TITLE:            General Fund
Non Departmental
Software Maintenance
NOT TO EXCEED:            $63,855.00
 
ACCOUNT NUMBER:      002      5102      56435
ACCOUNT TITLE:            Health Fund
Non Departmental
Telephone Maintenance
NOT TO EXCEED:            $341.00
 
ACCOUNT NUMBER:      003      5103      56435
ACCOUNT TITLE:            Park Fund
Non Departmental
Telephone Maintenance
NOT TO EXCEED:            $2,301.00
 
ACCOUNT NUMBER:      004      5104      56435
ACCOUNT TITLE:            Special Road and Bridge Fund
Non Departmental
Telephone Maintenance
NOT TO EXCEED:            $2,076.00
 
ACCOUNT NUMBER:      045      4500      56435
ACCOUNT TITLE:            Assessment Fund
Non Departmental
Telephone Maintenance
NOT TO EXCEED:            $548.00
 
 
__________________________            _________________________________
Date                                    Director of Finance and Purchasing