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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF JONESBORO TO AMEND THE 2017 E911 FUND BUDGET IN ORDER TO UPGRADE THE CURRENT MAPPING LICENSE FOR PUBLIC SAFTEY DISPATCHING & FIELD UNITS
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WHEREAS the City of Jonesboro passed the 2017 Budget in Ordinance 16:085, which will need to be amended in order to effectuate said change in the E911 budget for the upgrade of emergency management software; and
WHEREAS the City of Jonesboro emergency management services has a need for upgrading the current mapping software to allow for quicker response time to best serve the citizens of Jonesboro; and
WHEREAS ESRI-AKA (Environmental Systems Research Institute) is the leading GIS mapping software provider for public safety solutions and fully compatible with the existing hardware used in the Police, Fire, and E911 departments; and
WHEREAS the City of Jonesboro E911 is currently using a limited ESRI mapping license, that does not allow for address point files and aerial imagery for field units; and
WHEREAS the enhanced ESRI license agreement will add those functions to all police and fire units in the field, allowing quicker response times and more accurate mapping; and
WHEREAS the budget line item maintenance contracts, 06-145-0318-00 will be increased by $15,000.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council for the City of Jonesboro that:
SECTION 1. The 2017 E911 Budget is hereby amended to provide for the upgrade of emergency management software for $15,000.
SECTION 2. The current ESRI software license expires in June 2017. Due to the expiration of the software, an emergency is declared to exist and this ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of May, 2017.