ADOPTED - OCTOBER 13, 1998

LATE - Agenda Item No. 24

Introduced by the Administrative Services/Personnel and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE A PURCHASE ORDER WITH UNISYS CORPORATION

FOR THE PURCHASE OF FOUR REPLACEMENT NETWORK FILE SERVERS AND

THIRTY-FIVE HOURS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES

FOR THE INGHAM COUNTY WIDE AREA NETWORK

RESOLUTION #98-238

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Wide Area Network consisting of six major campuses was created through resolution 94-285 in October 1997; and

WHEREAS, some of the file server equipment associated with the local area network is now outdated in terms of its ability to function in a technical world and meet the new requirements of Ingham County's departments; and

WHEREAS, other new requirements from the various departments are endorsing the imaging technology which requires greater band width, and much greater memory and processor speed; and

WHEREAS, the MIS Department has coopted a Telecommunication Committee to review proposals to provide an ongoing solution for Ingham County over the next three to five years; and

WHEREAS, the MIS Director has reviewed these proposals and is recommending the following:

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes entering into a Purchase Order with Unisys Corporation for the purchase of four LAN based network file servers' configurations and thirty-five hours of Project Management Consulting services at a cost not to exceed $46,200.00.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the funds for this project are contained in the current MIS network budget.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Controller is authorized to make the necessary budget adjustment.

FINANCE: Yeas: Goulet, Keefe, McDonald Grebner, Czarnecki, Bernero, Schafer

Nays: None Absent: None Approved 10/7/98