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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1999-2356 e e ORDINANCE NO. 99- J. 3S-t, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA PORTE AND HTE, INC., OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA, TO PROVIDE PARKS AND RECREATION APPLICATIONS; APPROPRIATING $47,361.00, TO FUND SAID CONTRACT; KAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: section 1. The City Council hereby approves and authorizes the contract, agreement, or other undertaking described in the title of this ordinance, in substantially the form as shown in the document which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute such document and all related documents on behalf of the City of La Porte. The City Secretary is hereby authorized to attest to all such signatures and to affix the seal of the City to all such documents. City Council appropriates the sum not to exceed $47,361.00 from the 1998-1999 Capital Improvement Project budget and computer fund budget, to fund said contract. section 2. The City Council finds that the current provider software application for facility reservations and membership at the Recreation and Fitness Center are not Year 2000 compatible; further, the Ci ty Council determines that the above mentioned systems are essential to the provision of recreational services to its citizens; further, the City Council determines that its existing software provider for administrative and financial systems, HTE, Inc., as selected in a Request for Proposal process in 1995, has as a fully integrated module, a series of software programs for the above mentioned processes, that are Year 2000 compatible and also have the ability to convert existing data to ~q-.13S-lp e e the new system, as they have successfully done for other municipalities. The City Council determines that the most economical and efficient method to replace these software programs is to purchase the necessary fully integrated modules by providing a supplement to the existing contract with HTE, Inc. Therefore, the City Council authorizes this supplement to the agreement with the city's current software provider, HTE, Inc. section 3. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites, and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the ci ty for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code; and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which this ordinance and the subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted upon. The City Council further ratifies, approves and confirms such written notice and the contents and posting thereof. section 4. This Ordinance shall be effective from and after its passage and approval, and it is so ordered. PASSED AND APPROVED, this 23rd day of August, 1999. 1 OF LA PORTE By: / ~ We~~1 Mayor 2 e ATTEST: Knox W. ASkins, City Attorney e 3