ADOPTED - February 24, 1998

Agenda Item No. 9

Introduced by the Law & Courts, Administrative Services/Personnel, and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE A CHANGE IN VENDOR FOR THE PURCHASE OF A VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM FOR THE FRIEND OF THE COURT AND RESCINDING

RESOLUTION #97-234

RESOLUITON #98-42

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners in its Resolution No. 97-234 approved the purchase of a new automated telephone Voice Response System from Fickie and Associates at a cost not to exceed $48,100 and since that time, Fickie and Associates has increased the purchase price of the system prior to a purchase order being issued; and

WHEREAS, Lucent Technologies has also proposed a Voice Response System similar to Fickie and Associates and has indicated they will honor the previously approved cost of $48,100; and

WHEREAS, the Friend of the Court has operated its current automated telephone Voice Response System since 1991 and the useful technological life of such equipment is from three to seven years; and

WHEREAS, the technology of the current system is outdated, which makes finding replacement parts necessary to maintain the system in sufficient working order increasingly difficult; and

WHEREAS, the MIS Director has reviewed this proposal and is recommending this change in vendors as being in the best interest of the county.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby rescinds Resolution No. 97-234 and authorizes entering into a contract amendment with Lucent Technologies for the purchase of the Conversant Technologies automated telephone Voice Response System.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the cost is not to exceed $48,100 as originally proposed and will be apportioned from the following budgeted sums, of which a proportionate share is reimbursable through the Cooperative Reimbursement Grant formula:

$22,200 from the MIS Department;

$11,749 from Ingham County Contingency Fund;

$7,000 from the Friend of the Court 1997 budgeted funds carried over for this purpose;

$7,151 from Clinton County.

ADOPTED - February 24, 1998

Agenda Item No. 9

RESOLUTION #98-42

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairperson of the Board of Commissioners and the County Clerk are authorized to sign the aforementioned agreements after review by the County Attorney.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Controller is authorized to make the necessary budget adjustments consistent with the apportionments contained herein.

LAW & COURTS: Yeas: Bernero, Stid, Smiley, Pratt, Hunting, Goulet, Schafer

Nays: None Absent: None Approved 2/12/98

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/PERSONNEL: Yeas: McDonald, Hunting, Pratt, Juall

Nays: None Absent: Grebner Approved 2/17/98

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

Nays: None Absent: Bernero Approved 2/18/98