IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the extension of the Agreement with Consolidated Communications of Lenexa, KS, for the furnishing of wide-area network service for use County-wide, at an additional cost to the County in the amount of $33,036.00.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 19096, March 7, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, by Resolution 17938, dated July 2, 2012, the Legislature did award a three-year contract to Consolidated Communications of Lenexa, KS for the furnishing of wide-area network services for use County-wide, under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 53-12; and,
WHEREAS, by Resolution 18938, dated September 17, 2015, the Legislature did award a contract for the furnishing of these services to Windstream Communications, under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 40-15; and,
WHEREAS, by Resolution 19027, dated December 7, 2015, the Legislature did authorize an extension to the Agreement with Consolidated Communications through February 29, 2016, to allow sufficient time for Windstream to complete the process of implementing the County’s network services; and,
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing recommends an additional extension to the contract with Consolidated Communications at its current rate of service, through April 30, 2016, to allow Windstream additional time to implement the new system, at an additional cost to the County in the amount of $33,036.00; and,
WHEREAS, the execution of an extension to this contract is in the best interests of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Jackson County; 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 an extension to the contract with Consolidated Communication through April 30, 2016; 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 and all addenda thereto.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______________________________ ________________________________
Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 19096 of March 7, 2016, was duly passed on March 7, 2016 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______8__________ Nays ______0________
Abstaining _____0_______ Absent ______1_______
______________________ _______________________________
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 5101 56430
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Non-Departmental
Telephone Utilities
NOT TO EXCEED: $21,816.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 002 5102 56430
ACCOUNT TITLE: Health Fund
Non-Departmental
Telephone Utilities
NOT TO EXCEED: $766.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 003 5103 56430
ACCOUNT TITLE: Park Fund
Non-Departmental
Telephone Utilities
NOT TO EXCEED: $7,683.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 004 5104 56430
ACCOUNT TITLE: Special Road and Bridge Fund
Non-Departmental
Telephone Utilities
NOT TO EXCEED: $2,771.00
________________________ ______________________________
Date Director of Finance and Purchasing