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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR NECESSARY EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES FOR THE JONESBORO CITY COUNCIL FOR A COLLABORATIVE OPEN GOVERNMENT BY THE UTILIZATION OF A PAPERLESS AGENDA
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WHEREAS, the City of Jonesboro desires to provide for a collaborative, open government, and raise efficiency levels by using an automated, paperless agenda; and
WHEREAS, members of the Jonesboro City Council must have the proper equipment in order to conduct city business utilizing the automated system; and
WHEREAS, even though some members of the Jonesboro City Council may not have a need for some or all of the technical services and equipment offered, it still must be made available and budgeted as the need arises in order to provide for an automated agenda process.
WHEREAS, it is the recommendation of the Finance Department that the laptops, printers, software, wireless cards and miscellaneous expenses be funded through the Information Systems Department with reimbursement of these items to be handled in a clean up ordinance at the end of the year.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council for the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas that:
SECTION ONE: These items shall be made available to the following members of the Jonesboro City Council: Mayor, Aldermen, City Clerk, and City Attorney:
1. Laptops on State Contract with Gateway totaling $18,099.95 and billed to 01-110-0224-00 and 01-110-0232-00.
2. LaserJet Printers on State Contract with Hewlett Packard at $122.00 each.
3. Licenses for Microsoft Office 2007 Standard from Softmart Government Services totaling $3,450.57 and billed to 01-110-0296-00.
4. Miscellaneous expense of $1000.00 annually,
5. Wireless cards to be added to an already existing contract with Alltel for a wireless internet connection at the price of $ 59.00 per card, per month, annually.
SECTION TWO: It is further found that due to immediate need to acquire this equipment for an automated paperless agenda an emergency is declared to exist and th...
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