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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 9601~. =. ~~~ ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $55,949 FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE AND TRANSFERRING SAME TO THE CITY SECRETARY ELEC- TIONS ACCOUNT NUMBER 11-50-00 TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF ONE TARGET MICROCOMPUTER, TWO OPTECH VOTING MACHINES, ONE PROM BURNER, CABLES, AND THE COST OF INSTAL- LATION AND TRAINING IN THE USE OF SAME; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, `TEXAS e SECTION 1. That $55,949 is Nearby transferred from the General Fund fund balance to City Secretary Elections Account Number 11-50-00 to provide funds for the purchase of one target microcomputer, two optech voting machines, one prom burner, cables, and the cost of installation and training in the use of same. SECTION 2. Should any portion, section or part of a section of this ordi- nance be declared invalid, inoperative or void for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision, opinion or judgment shall in no way impair the remaining portions, sections or parts of sections of this ordinance, which said remaining provisions shall be and remain in full force and effect. SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall be cumulative of Ordinance No. 9458, and all other ordinances and appropriations amending the same except in those instances where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with such other ordinances and appropriations, in which instances said conflicting provisions of said prior ordinances and appropriations are hereby expressly repealed. SECTION 4. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage, and it is so or- dained. PPROVED AS TO FO- AND LEGALITY: s City Attorney 9~ Date: ~'1~-~ ~' ADOPTED: EFFECTIVE: _2_ MASTER FlI:EtJ" V ,f. ACCOUNF,'!q~•2 ''~~"".~ TRANSPOR'(A71UN(P~tEt6lG wU~t4 '~_~ ~~®~ iRATER AOMiNlifiitgi'~tiry 3 PURCHA3INR:'A DATA PR~7CE,~:iW ~it~ ®f ~'~~-t '~®~-th, ~e~ca~ ~~~ c~®a~c~~a~ ~®~~,~c~~i~c~~a®~ DATE REFERENCE NUMBER suB~E¢tURCHASE OF COMPUTER SYSTE~1 FOR PAGE .3/25/86 P-1884 ELECTION TABULATION 1 of 1 APPLICATION _.__ Recommendation It is recommended that the City Council 1) Approve a supplemental appropriation ordinance for the General Fund increasing appropriation in the City Secretary, Elections Account No. 11-50-00 and reducing fund balance by $55,949. 2) Approve the purchase of one TARGET microcomputer, two OPTECH voting machines, one prom burner, cables, installation and training from Business Records Corporation, 6800 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas, for the central counting of votes in City of Fort Worth elections. The total cost will be $55,949. Background In 1985, Tarrant County purchase an optical scanner voting system for use in all elections in Tarrant County. The City of Fort Worth rents from Tarrant County the OPTECH voting machines for use in the precincts on election day. Part of the optical scanner voting system purchased includes the computer system used for the central count of votes. Because the computer equipment must remain stationary at the County Courthouse, the City Council, in January, 1986, expressed its desire to purchase a similar computer system so that the central counting function of all Gity of Fort Worth elections remains at City Hall. The optical scanner voting equipment requires the computer designed for this particular voting system. Business Records Corporation in Dallas owns Computer Election System in Berkeley, California, the designer and manufacturer of the OPTECH optical scanner voting system and the TARGET microcomputer system. This purchase will include the TARGET microcomputer, two OPTECH voting machines, one printer, one prom burner, cables, installation, and training. Financing A supplemental appropriation to the General Fund No. O1, Account No. 11-50-00, City Secretary Elections will be necessary. This action will increase appropria- tions and decrease General Fund balance by $55,949. The Undesignated Fund Balance after this supplemental appropriation will be approximately $21,541,559. APPROVED BY DAi : kcq CITY COUNCIL -;rt ~:i 1986 ,~ SUBMITTED FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S DISPOSITION BY COUNGL• vESSED BY nFFICE 8Y ^ APPROVED r„ e ORIGLNATtNG r OTHER (DES6~t~~~ Foz2 WorSh Texan- 1. DEPARTMENT HEAD: Ruth HOWard CITY SECRETARY FOR AD DI~IONAL INFORMATION CONTACT R Howard 6150 Ado(]ted Ordrnance No. ~" . DATE