File #: O-581-21    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 11/3/2021 In control: Public Service Department
On agenda: 11/23/2021 Final action: 11/23/2021
Title: Authorizing the expenditure in an amount not to exceed $15,736 from the Street Construction Maintenance and Repair Fund for software upgrades and capacity expansions for City of Toledo Signal engineering; waiving the competitive bidding requirements under TMC Chapter 187; and declaring an emergency.
Attachments: 1. Quote, 2. Audio: Agenda Review 11/16/2021

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DPS Transportation Expenditures - $15,736

Transportation

Sean T. Burnett (x1302) Paul Rasmusson (x7868)

Revised

 

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Authorizing the expenditure in an amount not to exceed $15,736 from the Street Construction Maintenance and Repair Fund for software upgrades and capacity expansions for City of Toledo Signal engineering; waiving the competitive bidding requirements under TMC Chapter 187; and declaring an emergency.

 

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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:

The Signal operations team within Transportation is currently utilizing outdated versions of necessary Trafficware software, Synchro and SimTraffic. The versions currently utilized by Transportation are no longer supported, and this $15,736 expenditure will update our software as well as add another user account for our new Engineering Associate.

 

Summary

NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:

 

SECTION 1.  That the sum of an amount not to exceed $15,736 is authorized for expenditure from the from the Street Construction Maintenance and Repair Fund Account Code 2014-22500-2413003STDSTD for software upgrades and capacity expansions for City of Toledo Signal engineering:

 

Synchro plus SimTraffic upgrades for four users - $12,006

Three-year maintenance and support - $3,730

 

                                                                                                         SECTION 2.  That the Mayor is authorized to enter into contracts for the purposes specified in Section 1, upon terms and conditions acceptable to the Director of Law and the Director of Public Service.

 

SECTION 3.                      That the Finance Director is authorized to draw his or her warrant or warrants against the above Account Code in payment of above authorized obligations in an amount not to exceed $15,736 upon presentation of proper voucher or vouchers.

 

SECTION 4.                      That this Council finds and determines that it is in the best interest of the City to waive the competitive bidding requirements of TMC Chapter 187 for the reason that the sole-source software is seamlessly compatible for integration with existing engineering systems in both the department of Public Service and Public Utilities.

 

                     SECTION 5.                      That this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that the same is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property, and for further reason that the Ordinance must be immediately effective in order to allow for the uninterrupted citywide safe traffic signalization.

 

Vote on emergency clause:  yeas _____, nays _____.

 

Passed:  _________________, as an emergency measure:  yeas _____, nays _____.

 

 

Attest:  ________________________                                              __________________________________

                            Clerk of Council                                                                           President of Council

 

                     

Approved:  _____________________                                          __________________________________

                                                                                                                                                                                                   Mayor

 

 

I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance passed by Council ________________________.

 

 

Attest:  ________________________

                    Clerk of Council