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Granicus Contract
City Council, Sponsored by Council President Williams
Lucy Frank x1417 / Mary Schmidbauer x1064
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a three-year agreement, with two one-year renewal options, with Granicus, Inc.; waiving the competitive procurement requirements of TMC Chapter 187; authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $48,000 from the General Fund for annual subscription and maintenance costs for the Granicus Legislative Management Suite software; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
This Ordinance authorizes the expenditure of funds for annual subscription and maintenance costs for a three-year period for Granicus Software Legislative Management System. City Council originally implemented the software in 2014 as authorized by Ordinance 461-13. The annual maintenance cost covers customer support services and annual software updates. Funds are included annually in the operating budget to cover this expenditure.
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor is authorized to enter into a three-year software subscription agreement with two one-year renewal options with Granicus, Inc. for the Granicus Legislative Management Suite upon such terms and conditions acceptable by the President of Council and the Director of Law.
SECTION 2. That this Council finds and determines it is in the best interest of the City to waive the competitive procurement requirements of TMC Chapter 187 for the reason that the Granicus software has performed well and cost effectively.
SECTION 3. That subject to annual appropriation the amount not to exceed $48,000 is authorized for expenditure annually over the term of the agreement from the General Fund Account Code 1001-10100-1112001STDSTD for the annual software subscription and maintenance costs.
SECTION 4. That the Director of Finance is authorized to issue warrant or warrants against...
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