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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 13077.~ :. ,~ Ordinance No. ~ ~ AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND APPROPRIATIONS IN THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND SERVICES FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $374,800 00 FROM AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE FUNDING THE ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, AND SERVICES FOR THE YEAR 2000 PROJECT, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES AND REPEALING ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED 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 the Fiscal Year 1996-97 and in the Budget of the City Manager, there shall also be increased estimated receipts and appropriations in the Information Systems and Services Fund in the amount of $374,800.00 from available funds for the purpose of funding the acquisition of equipment, software, and services for the Year 2000 Project. SECTION 2. 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 judgement 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. 12629 and all other ordinances and appropnations 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in which instance said conflicting provisions of said prior ordinances and appropriations are hereby expressly repealed.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 and be in full force and effect and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY Assistant City Attorn ~-y~ Date Adopted J ~~y g' / y 5 7 Effective City of Fort Worth, Teacas Mayor and Council Communication 07/08/97 ~~G11940 04YEAR 1 of 2 SIIBJFCT YEAR 2000 PROJECT AUTHORIZATION RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council Adopt the attached supplemental appropriations ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the General Fund by $329,824.00 and decreasing the unreserved, undesignated fund balance by the same amount, and 2 Approve the transfer of 5329,824 00 from the General Fund, 541,228 00 from the Water and Wastewater Fund, and 53,748 00 from the Solid Waste Fund to the Information Systems and Services Fund, and 3 Adopt the attached ,appropriations ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the Information Systems and Services Fund by 5374,800 00 for acquisition of equipment, software and services for the Year 2000 Project. DISCUSSION The Year 2000 is rapidly approaching The City of Fort Worth's information systems are currently unable to correctly process data past the year 1999. Included are application software, radio communications, and telephone systems components All problems are software related and will require changes~orvreplacement over the current and next two fiscal years Information Systems and Services (ISS) does not have sufficient staff count to process all problems internally Neither can it modify the radio and telephone systems to handle the year 2000 properly, only vendor supplied software will make those systems year 2000 capable The initial acquisitions during the current fiscal year will be for productivity software, equipment - especially disk storage the main computer systems, and contractor services to supplement ISS staff Pilot conversions will be made on four application systems and the current plan will be adjusted as needed after considering the results of the pilot conversion Subsequently, a 15 month process of the full conversion of all ISS supported systems will begin The current plan has all systems converted and' operational by January 1, 1999 Printed on'Retyded Paper City of Fort Worth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication DATE RI3F8R8NCE NIII~]3R LOG NAIdB PAGE 07J08/97 **G11940 04YEAR 2 of 2 s17sJSCT YEAR 2000 PROJECT AUTHORIZATION FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION ~. The Director of Fiscal Services certifies that upon adoption of the attached appropriations ordinance and approval of the above recommendations, funds will be available in the current operating budget, as appropriated, of the Information Syste ms and Services Fund Upon completion of this recommendation the unreserved, undesigna ted fund balance of the General 887,998 00 Fund will be 523 ~. , CBf ( C~ . ~~ t_ t'r > 4 A• wi {.... ~ ~ ~ .. ~~ ~ ~~` 51.~dr _ ::tom), r ,, w ~; Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY Office by: (to) 681 1 00 Charles Boswell 8511 (2 P 472001 0 004 $374,800.00 APPROVED Originating Department Head: (2)PI68 539120 0041000 $104,800.00 CITY COUNCIL. (2)PI68 541370 0041000 $140,000.00 (2)PI68 541320 0041000 $130,000.00 .lUL 8 199T Michael DiPaolo 8450 (from) //~~ 539120 0601000 $20 614 00 ~~ ~~ u~et/ L[ PE45 . , . f the ~+ t7 Secrsta~- O ' For Additional Information PE45 539120 071000 $20,614.00 lexas City of Fort Worth, Contact: PE64 539120 021001 $ 3,748.00 Michael DiPaolo 8450 ~aJopted Ordinance No, ~~~ Adopted Ordinance No,~~~~7 Printed on Regded Paper .~._.