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AN ORDINANCE TO WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR THE ANNUAL RENEWAL OF THE SPRINGBOOK FINANCIAL SOFTWARE FOR THE CITY OF JONESBORO
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council for the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas that:
SECTION 1: That the Information Systems Department of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas needs to renew our services agreement with Springbrook who is the current provider of financial services software for the City of Jonesboro.
SECTION 2: That the basic annual subscription for the software is $62,745.00 and the money is already budgeted for this renewal. All other details of the agreement, including the scope of services to be provided are set out in the attached contact, which has an effective term from September 20, 2019 to September 19, 2020.
SECTION 3: That the City Council in accord with the terms of A.C.A. Section 14-58-303 states that bidding in this matter is not practical and hereby waives the requirement of competitive bidding. Springbrook has been used by the City for financial software for more than ten years and has been set up to integrate with all of our departments and our timeclocks system and it would be impracticable to make a change at this time, and therefore bidding is hereby waived.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 3RD DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2019.