Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes a contract with the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents on behalf of the University’s Applied Population Laboratory to maintain, update, and refine the Neighborhood Indicators Project (NIP) and related website and procure additional services as needed, from 2017-2022. Excluding unanticipated ad-hoc services, the anticipated cost of the 2017-2018 contract is $90,337.50, allocated as follows:
· NIP 2016, payment for 15 hours extra services $1,500.00
· NIP 2017, July 2017 to December 2017, $29,612.50
· NIP 2018, January 2018 to December 2018, $59,225.00
The Planning Division’s 2017 Adopted Operating Budget and 2018 Operating Budget request (subject to Common Council approval) include $51,500 for this purpose, for a total of $103,000.00. Funding for future years will be requested in future operating budgets, subject to Common Council approval.
Title
Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a sole contract with the Board of Regents for the University of Wisconsin System, on behalf of the University of Wisconsin's Department of Community and Environmental Sociology, Applied Population Laboratory to maintain, update and refine the Neighborhood Indicators Project and related website and procure additional services as needed, from 2017-2022.
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WHEREAS, in 2008 the City partnered with the University of Wisconsin’s Applied Population Lab to establish the Neighborhood Indicators Project (the NIP) as a vehicle for the continual and systematic collection, maintenance, and analyses of data necessary to monitor the quality of life of the City's neighborhoods over time and identify trends that may indicate the need for further attention; and
WHEREAS, the web-based NIP tracks data related to demographic changes, community action and involvement, housing quality and availability, public safety, health and family well-being, economic vitality, transportation, conservation and sustainability, and other indicators of...
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