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City of Hermosa Beach --- 02-13-01RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE KERRY CONSULTING GROUP TO PREPARE THE CITY’S STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY PLAN AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS AS REQUIRED
Recommendation The City Council subcommittee (Bowler) and staff recommend that Council:
Background One of the City Council’s goals listed for Fiscal Year 2000-2001 was to "develop a program to prepare the City for e-government." The key objective listed under this goal was to "develop a technology plan for the City." To that end, staff developed an RFP and distributed it to 12 technology consultants familiar with work in the municipal arena. Five consultants responded with proposals with the following costs:
Analysis Mayor Bowler and staff reviewed proposals and interviewed three of the companies (Garntner, Kerry and Wise). The subcommittee selected Kerry Consulting Group as the best option both from an understanding of the City’s objectives and from a cost standpoint (proposal attached). In addition, references for the company were outstanding. The strategic plan will be a comprehensive 5-year plan and will include recommendations regarding:
All City Departments will participate in the information gathering portion of the study and Mayor Bowler will remain on the steering subcommittee (Mayor, Finance Director, Assistant City Manager, and Information Systems Technician), to help communicate Council needs and objectives for the plan. Once initiated, it is anticipated that the study will take approximately 12 weeks to complete. FISCAL IMPACT: $14, 463 expenditure from the General Fund.
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