Fiscal Note
Funding of $56,760 is available in the City Clerk's Office 2013 Operating Budget.
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Authorizing the sole source purchase of services from Command Central for maintenance of 99 Optech IIIPE (Eagle) election tabulators and 88 AutoMark Voter Assist Terminals.
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WHEREAS, the integrity of election results depends in part on the maintenance and repair of our electronic election equipment; and
WHEREAS, broken parts on election equipment are identified by the Clerk's Office during the public test of election equipment prior to each election; and
WHEREAS, Command Central is on standby to make any necessary repairs the day before each election; and
WHEREAS, Command Central has extra AutoMark Voter Assist Terminals and tabulators available for the City of Madison to use as replacements, if needed, on Election Day; and
WHEREAS, the purchase of additional used election equipment in 2012 and the combination of separate tabulator and AutoMark maintenance agreements now requires a contract for the maintenance of election equipment; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk's Office budget has funding to cover this cost;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Common Council hereby authorizes the sole source purchase of services from Command Central for the purposes of tabulator and AutoMark maintenance at a cost not to exceed $56,760;
AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to sign a service contract for the above described services.