HomeMy WebLinkAbout5.F.5. Authorize Hiring St. Croix Solutions for IT Consulting Services I
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City of Shakopee
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i MEMORANDUM
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TO: Mayor and City Council
Mark McNeil, City Administrator
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FROM: Kris Wilson, Assistant City Administrator
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SUBJECT: Authorization to Hire St. Croix Solutions for IT Consulting Services
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� DATE: October 26, 2011
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i Introduction
� The City Council is asked to authorize the hiring of St. Croix Solutions for IT consulting services.
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Background
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Due to a staff resignation, the City operated with only one of our two IT staff positions filled for three i
� and a half months. Our new IT Specialist starts October 31, however, several projects have had to be �
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I delayed in order to focus on the day to day work of the IT division during the vacancy. Therefore, staff is ;
� seeking Council authorization to use unspent wage and benefit funds from the IT budget to hire St. Croix i
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Solutions to assist with certain projects on the work plan in order to allow the division to catch up. i
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A t e ie g the work that needs to be completed within the IT division, staff has determined that
i the most logical place to utilize consulting services is in relation to the set-up, programming and I
, mapping of the new SANs. This is a one-time project that the consultant can complete largely
� independently from start to finish, as compared to jumping into other projects that staff has in progress �
or where staff needs to be hands on in order to have the background necessary for ongoing '
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maintenance. ;
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Budget Impact
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� The cost of hiring St. Croix Solutions for the proposed work is $18,720. This is less than the amount of
i unspent funds from three and a half months of unpaid wages and benefits for the IT Specialist position,
and therefore can be accommodated within the adopted 2011 general fund budget for the IT division.
� Relationship to Vision I
, This is a housekeeping item. i
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' Requested Action �
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If the Council concurs, it is asked to authorize the hiring of St. Croix Solutions for set-up, programming
and ma in of the new SANs at a cost not to exceed $19,000. I
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