City of Hermosa Beach --- 02-13-01

RECOMMENDATION 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:

  1. Approve Kerry Consulting Group as the consultant to provide the City with a strategic technology plan.
  2. Appropriate $14,463 from the prospective expenditure budget to pay for the project consulting fees.

 

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:

CGR Management Consultants

CC-OPS

Gartner Group

Kerry Consulting Group

WISE Consulting Services

$58,800

$28,000

$75,428

$14,463

$52,500

 

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:

  • Potential e-government functions
  • Technology infrastructure (including recommendations about the fiber backbone that may be funded by Adelphia per the City’s transfer agreement)
  • City web page
  • City software programs
  • Information Systems policy issues
  • Support and/or staffing requirements for recommended plan

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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