COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 060154

Authorizing the Chief Information Officer to execute a contract with Unisys Corporation in an amount not to exceed $2,840,376.00, including contingencies, payable from previously appropriated funds for implementation of a 3-1-1 non-emergency call center to provide a single point of contact for citizens seeking services or information from the City.

WHEREAS, the Federal Communications Commission has required the availability of abbreviated dialing arrangements for specific purposes; and

WHEREAS, the City wishes to establish a consolidated call center for the purposes of streamlining access to and the provision of City services, to increase the satisfaction of citizens with City services, to reduce the number of non-emergency calls now being made to 9-1-1, and to position the City for more effective emergency and disaster preparedness; and

WHEREAS, the first phase of implementing a consolidated call center requires the licensing of software and continued maintenance of the software, acquisition of hardware, and services to interconnect the system with the Citys current information system provided through PeopleSoft; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Chief Information Officer is authorized to execute a contract with Unisys Corporation for implementation of a 3-1-1 non-emergency call center in an amount not to exceed $2,469,892.00, and to authorize changes for contingencies during the implementation of the project for a total not to exceed $2,840,376.00, from funds appropriated to Account No. AL-3230-183030 in Ordinance No. 060141. The contract is in substantial form as Exhibit A.

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I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation hereby incurred.

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Debra R. Hinsvark

Director of Finance

Approved as to form:

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William Geary

Assistant City Attorney