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Resolution to Approve an Annual Agreement with Cogsdale Corporation for Utility Billing System Annual Maintenance and Services for FY09 (not to exceed $106,473.00)
Memorandum
The Public Services Area Customer Service Unit requests your approval for an agreement in an amount not to exceed $106,473.00 with Cogsdale Corporation for the annual maintenance agreement and other software services. The Cogsdale software is primarily used by the Customer Services Unit for Water Utilities, Solid Waste, Airport, and Administration customer account management, billing purposes and financial tracking. During the course of the year software upgrades and annual maintenance are required and as the developer of this proprietary software, Cogsdale is the sole source provider.
This Agreement will cover $43,473.00 for the annual system maintenance for FY09 and $63,000.00 for other consulting, training and customization on the utility billing system as needed. The service unit has identified several specific needs for the coming year which include: $10,000.00 for additional and new-user system administration training; $8,000.00 for staff training on planned upgrades; and $45,000.00 for integration of the STAR consumption application (meter reading data) with Cogsdale and Cogsdale software customizations.
As stated above, on-site training will accompany any necessary upgrades and/or migration to a new billing template format. The cost of this seminar(s) will be determined by the number of days that a consultant is on-site. It is expected that total training expenses, including travel, will not exceed $8,000.00 for the year.
The systems integration and enhancements dollars will be used to customize and further enhance the Cogsdale software in the coming fiscal year. These include adding or improving the following functionality: additional billing template changes; enhanced bill format to make it more “customer friendly” and provide historical usage on customer b...
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