IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Sixth Addendum to the Agreement with Windstream Communications to approve changes to the wide-area network services for use by the Information Technology Department at the Legislative Offices in Independence, at an actual cost to the County for 2019 in the amount of $287.00.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 20210, July 29, 2019
INTRODUCED BY Crystal Williams, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, by Resolution 18938, dated September 21, 2015, the Legislature did award a thirty-six month contract with two twelve-month options to extend with Windstream Communications of Little Rock, Arkansas, for the furnishing of wide-area network (WAN) services for use by the Information Technology Department, under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 40-15; and,
WHEREAS, since the award of the contract, the Legislature has authorized five separate contract modifications; and,
WHEREAS, the leased office space used by the Legislature in Independence has a need to increase its current WAN bandwidth to improve its data speed, at an additional cost to the county of $23.86 per month; and,
WHEREAS, additionally, an internet connection at Longview that is no longer needed will be disconnected; and,
WHEREAS, an Addendum to the Agreement is needed to provide these WAN network changes, at no additional annual cost to the County; now therefore,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to execute the attached Sixth Addendum to the Agreement with Windstream Communications; 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, to the extent that sufficient appropriations to the using spending agency are contained in the then current Jackson County budget.
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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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 20210 of July 29, 2019, was duly passed on July 29, 2019 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________8_________ Nays ______0________
Abstaining ______0_______ Absent _____1_______
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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: 001 1305 56430
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Information Technology
Telephone Utility
NOT TO EXCEED: $287.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer