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RESOLUTION NO. 11,857
3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE RENEWAL OF SOFTWARE
4 CONTRACT TO IBM FOR THE CITY'S MAINFRAME COMPUTER
5 OPERATION SYSTEM; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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7 WHEREAS, since 1987 the City of Little Rock has operated the City's mainframe
8 computers using IBM's VSE /ESA operating system, to support legacy systems such as
9 Finance, Payroll and Public Safety operations, and
10 WHEREAS, the operating system supplied by IBM is foundation, upon which all
11 City legacy applications have been built, and
12 WHEREAS, the yearly license and maintenance fee allows the City to receive
13 new releases of software as it becomes available from IBM, as well as maintenance to
14 the software as deemed necessary by IBM.
15 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
16 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
17 Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to execute a contract with IBM for an
18 annual renewal of the software contract for the City's mainframe computer operating
19 system in the amount of Fifty -four Thousand, Nine Hundred Fifty and 78/100 Dollars
20 ($54,950.78).
21 Section 2. Funds are available from Account #100 113 1350, with two months to
22 be expensed in the 2004 budget and the remainder to be expensed in the 2005 budget.
23 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item,
24 sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid
25 or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining
26 portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so
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declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the
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Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same
that are inconsistent with the provisions of this resolution are hereby repealed to the
extent of such inconsistency.
ADOPTED: November 1, 2004
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