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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 17223-10-2006Ordinance No. 17223-10-2006 AN ORDINANCE INCREASING APPROPRIATIONS IN THE ENGINEERING FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $54,804 AND DECREASING THE UNRESERVED, RETATINED EARNINGS BY.THE SAME AMOUNT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING THE PURCHASE OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINEb BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That in addition to those amounts allocated to the various City departments for Fiscal Year 2006- 2007 in the Budget of the City Manager, there shall also be increased appropriations in the Engineering Fund in the amount of $54,804 and decreasing the unreserved, retained earnings by the same amount, for the purpose funding the purchase of computer technology equipment and maintenance services far the Engineering Department. SECTION 2. That should any portion, section or part of a section of this ordinance 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 partians, 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. 77'142 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in which instance Said conflicting provisions of said prior ordinances and appropriations are hereby expressly repealed. SECTION 4 This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption. TO FO,~M`X1N,D t,I~GALITY: ADOPTED AND EFFECTIVE: October 10 2006 ~it~ ~f F®rt ~rt-h, Texas r ~,~°C~ 1a1'11I ~1 UrIIGt~ COUNCIL ACTION: Approved on 10/3/2006 - Ordinance No. 17222-10-2006 & 17223-1©-2006 DATE: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 LOG NAN[E: 04ENGAPPROP REFERENCE N®.: **C-15426 SUBJECT. Authorize Inter-fund Loan l=inancing for the Purchase of Computer Equipment for the Engineering Department and Adopt Appropriation Ordinances RECOMMENI]ATION: It is recommended that the City Council: 1. Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations by $233,499.00 in the Information Systems Capital Projects Fund based on budgeted three-year repayment from the Information Systems Fund; 2. Authorize Inter-1=und loan financing for the purchase of computer technology equipment and maintenance services for the Engineering Department; and 3. Adopt the attached supplemental appropriation ordinance increasing appropriations in the Engineering Fund by $54, 804.00 and decreasing the unreserved retained earnings lay the same amount. DISCUSSION: On August 5, 2004, (M8~C C-20183) the City Council authorized the execution of an agreement with MWH Americas Inc. (MWH) for the acquisition, program management and implementation of a Capital Project Management System {CPMS). As of September 2006, the implementation is 80% complete and currently in the integration and testing phase. The primary purpose of the CPMS is to improve management and tracking of capital projects across City departments. Integral to the operations of CPMS will be the daily updating, reporting and collaboration from Department of Engineering Construction Inspectors. One of the driving advantages of CPMS is moving from a paper system to an electronic format. For Inspectors to be able to function at the capacity required for CPMS they will need portable computers. The harsh work environment the computers will be exposed to necessitates that the computers be "ruggedized". The Panasonic Taughbnok 18 meets this criteria as well as a list of other requirements to become paperless. The City Council approved a purchase agreement (M&C P-10348) on April 4, 2006, with Portable Computer Systems, Inc., for the acquisition of Panasonic notebook computers, peripheral equipment and maintenance. To accomplish this portion of the CPMS project, the Engineering Department will acquire 60 Toughbaak computers. The notebook computer useful life expectancy is at least 36 months. The Engineering Department will use the Enter-Fund Loan process to finance the computers for 36 months. On August 8, 2006, the Councii approved M&C G -15341 adopting an appropriation ordinance for financing of scheduled technology equipment replacement by all City departments. The M&C indicated that Councii approval would be sought for special or large project Inter- fund loan requests. The computer equipment for the Engineering Department project was not included in this request. The Engineering Department has funds in FY 2007 to repay the Inter-fund loan and will budget funds in future fiscal years for continued Logname: 04ENGAPPROP Page 1 of 2 payment. FESCAL 1NFORMATIONICERTIFICATION: The Finance Director certifies that upon approval of the above recommendations and adoption of the attached appropriation and supplemental appropriation ordinances, funds will be mailable in the FY2006-D7 capital budget, as appropriated, of the Information Systems Capital Projects Fund and the FY2006-137 operating budget, as appropriated, of the Engineering Fund. TO 1=undlAccountlCenters FROM F"undlAccountlCenters C196 524010 OD4196oD4007 $233.499.00 C196 524010 OD4196DD4DD7 233 499.OD 0196 4852DD OD41960D4007 ~233.499A0 PI19 531530 03D2D1D $54,804.00 P119 53153D 03D2010 54 804.OD Submitted #or Cit Mana er's Office b : Karen Montgomery (6222) Oriainatinc~ De art~nent Head: Peter Anderson (8781} ~~~----~~~~ -~----- ----- ©ouglas Radamaker {6157) Additional Information Contact: Larry Schuessler (8461) -~ Fred Griffin {8868} Lognazne: 04ENGAP)?ROP Page 2 of 2