Title
Renewal for the Code Red System - Expenditure Approval
History
The Code Red Emergency Notification System has been in use by the Village now for four years. The system has been activated on numerous occasions to notify the public of critical watering information and has also been used by the police department for neighborhood meeting notifications. To date the Village has placed approximately 250,000 calls using the system.
The annual renewal of the system is $10,000 and includes one block of 20,000 minutes. Additional blocks of time are purchased in 20,000 minute increments for $3,600. Staff is recommending the purchase of two additional blocks of time based on historical usage.
Sungard Public Sector is an authorized reseller of the Code Red system, and offers a discount not available to the village directly from Code Red.
On July 27, 2009, this item was reviewed and approved by the Finance Committee and referred to the Board for approval.
Financial Impact
There is $22,000 in the current fiscal year budget for this expenditure.
Recommended Action/Motion
I move to approve the renewal of the Code Red Emergency Notification System including a total of 60,000 minutes from Sungard Public Sector at a cost not to exceed $17,200.