HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 19 - Financial SoftwareMEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT: RENEW ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR APPLICATION SOFTWARE
LICENSING AND EXTENDED SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE
FINANCIAL APPLICATION SOFTWARE SYSTEM
RECOMMENDATION:
City Council to consider approval for the renewal of an annual contract with STW, Inc. for
extended support services, licensing fees, integration projects and training for the City's
financial application software system.
FUNDING SOURCE:
Funding for this service is budgeted in account 100-44535-105-2 IT Software License
and Maintenance Fees in an annual estimated amount of $78,000.
BACKGROUND:
The initial contract with STW, Inc. was initiated in 1995 and has been renewed every
year since. If approved, this will be for the 2015-2016 fiscal year annual renewal period.
The purpose of the licensing agreement and the extended support services contract is to
provide on-going services for the finance system in addition to the standard "telephone
support" and special projects provided with the annual STW application software lease
and software products distributed by STW, Inc. The contract provides basic support
services for issues related to the operation of the STW application software on local
personal computers, related printing issues, application security, license fees and other
special projects that will be billed at the agreed hourly rate. This contract provides
periodic database tuning, analyzes server performance issues and security as it relates
to the STW application software.
Staff recommends approval.
KW/DR
11:08:39 AM 9/9/2015