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File #: 210851    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 11/9/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/12/2020 Final action: 11/24/2020
Enactment date: 11/12/2020 Enactment #: 210851
Title: Requesting a supplemental appropriation of $10,704 to the City Clerk Software Repair and Maintenance Account to develop new domestic partnership software and extend the city's MinuteTraq contract.
Code sections: Appropriation/Budget -

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Requesting a supplemental appropriation of $10,704 to the City Clerk Software Repair and Maintenance Account to develop new domestic partnership software and extend the city's MinuteTraq contract.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

I respectfully request a supplemental appropriation of $10,704 to the City Clerk Software Repair and Maintenance Account (0116152-524033).

 

$4,000 is required for the creation of a Domestic Partnership database, modeled on our stable and user-friendly Marriage database. The cost to create this database is $4,000, using the same vendor that created and maintains our Marriage, Death, and Business Certificate databases.

 

$6,704 is required for the extension of our MinuteTraq contract through January, 2022. Previously this contract’s term was July 1 through June 30. This year we’re adopting the same contract term (February 1 through January 31) that our Communications Department uses for MediaTraq (integrated video streaming software). Keeping these two contracts on the same cycle makes it much easier to effect a change in vendor down the road.

 

My staff will be available to address any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this item.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Joseph A. Curtatone, Mayor