Fiscal Note
Funding for the contract to purchase of software and hardware equipment (up to $300,000) is included in the Parking Utility's 2009 Adopted Capital Budget, project #6, "Parking Revenue Equipment," Account No. 810421. Funding for the maintenance of the software and hardware is estimated to cost approximately $60,000 per year; the expense for 2009 is included in the Parking Utility's 2009 Adopted Operating Budget for Purchased Services/Maintenance Contracts.
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Authorizing the conversion of the current CTR revenue equipment software (PARCS) to ZEAG (ZMS) software and associated hardware changes. This would also authorize a sole source purchase from ZEAG (USA), Inc. to make these changes. ZEAG will also maintain the software/hardware through assuming the CTR maintenance contract, which is currently $52,452 per year.
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WHEREAS, the Parking Utility's revenue equipment in its garages and Brayton Lot is manufactured by ZEAG (USA), Inc. (with regional commercial and technical support facilities in Minnesota) and maintained by CTR Systems, Inc. (headquartered in Pennsylvania);
WHEREAS, this $3 million dollar revenue equipment investment is the backbone to our system controlling entries/exits, revenue control, employee activity, coupons and many other elements of a complex system;
WHEREAS, last year in ID# 10044, RES-08-00574, the Common Council approved a sole source contract with ZEAG (USA), Inc. to provide a conversion from existing CTR system to a ZEAG “ZMS” system, including a $155,000 contract for goods and services to perform the first phase of the conversion but not the entire project;
WHEREAS, since that time, the Parking Utility has worked with ZEAG to develop a proposal for the complete project, including connecting all existing proximity card readers to the new ZMS system, and adding new card readers at additional locations which will also connect to the new system. Completion of this phase will convert the Parking Utility's proximi...
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