REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & AUTOMATION

 

January 8, 2008

 

The Honorable,

The Board of Commissioners of Cook County

 

ATTENDANCE

 

Present:

Chairman Beavers, Commissioners Daley, Goslin, Moreno and Schneider (5)

 

Absent:

Vice Chairman Gorman, Commissioners Butler, Peraica and Steele (4)

 

Also Present:

Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr. – Deputy State’s Attorney, Chief, Civil Actions Bureau; Darlena Williams-Burnett - Chief Deputy, Office of the Recorder of Deeds

 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

        Your Committee on Information Technology & Automation of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County met pursuant to notice on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at the hour of 9:30 A.M. in the Board Room, Room 569, County Building, 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois.

 

        Your Committee has considered the following items and upon adoption of this report, the recommendations are as follows:

 

290359

RECORDER OF DEEDS, Eugene “Gene” Moore, transmitting a Communication:

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to enter into a contract with ACS Government Records Management, Dallas, Texas, to provide the upgrade for the hardware storage area network.  The current network has reached the maximum storage limit.

 

Reason:    As the developer of the software ACS Government Records Management (ASC) is uniquely qualified to provide the services and configure 40 terra bytes redundant storage area network with upgrade software integration for the cashiering database cluster.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  $648,618.00.  Contract period:  October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008.  (527-579 Account).  Requisition No. 75270046.

 

Approval of this item would commit Fiscal Year 2007 funds.

 

The Chief Information Officer has reviewed this item and concurs with this recommendation.

 

*  Referred to the Committee on Information Technology & Automation on 11/6/07.

 

*  Deferred on 11/20/07.

 

Commissioner Schneider inquired whether 2008 funds would be expended with this request.

 

Darlena Williams-Burnett, Chief Deputy of the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, responded that this request would only expend 2007 funds that were still available.

 

Commissioner Moreno, seconded by Commissioner Goslin, moved the approval of Communication Number 290359. The motion carried.

 

290833

COOK COUNTY CLERK, David Orr, by Clem Balanoff, Director of Elections, transmitting a Communication.

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to enter into a contract with SEQUOIA VOTING SYSTEMS, INC., Oakland, California, for the purchase of parts and supplies for Sequoia voting equipment.

 

Reason:    Voting equipment requires replacement parts and supplies such as legs and cords through normal use after each election.  Sequoia Voting Systems, Inc. is the manufacturer of the election voting equipment and is the only vendor with a supply of the necessary replacement components.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  $100,000.00.  Contract period:  March 1, 2008 through November 30, 2009.  (524-376 Account).  Requisition No. 85240006.

 

Approval of this item would commit Fiscal Year 2008 and future year funds.

 

*  Referred to the Committee on Information Technology & Automation on 12/4/07.

 

Chairman Beavers informed the Committee that Communication Number 290833 was withdrawn at the request of the sponsor.

 

290834

COOK COUNTY SHERIFF, Thomas J. Dart, by Thomas K. Donahue, Executive Director, Chicago HIDTA, transmitting a Communication, dated November 6, 2007:

 

requesting approval of payment in the amount of $26,409.61 to CANON BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, Schaumburg, Illinois, for maintenance and overage charges for the period of January 30, 2005 through July 19, 2007.

 

Reason:     This copier was purchased with HIDTA funds and does not fall under the countywide maintenance contract.  The office was unaware that the 2005 unpaid charges existed and that the office was operating without a 2007 contract.  This situation recently came to light when the office was refused service and informed of these outstanding charges.

 

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Grant funded amount:  $26,409.61.  (655-440 Account).

 

*  Referred to the Committee on Information Technology & Automation on 12/4/07.

 

Commissioner Moreno, seconded by Commissioner Goslin, moved the approval of Communication Number 290834. The motion carried.

 

Chairman Beavers asked the Secretary to the Board to call upon the registered public speakers, in accordance with Cook County Code, Sec. 2-108(dd):

 

1.         George Blakemore, Concerned Citizen

 

Commissioner Moreno, seconded by Commissioner Goslin, moved to adjourn the meeting.  The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned.

 

YOUR COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING ACTION

WITH REGARD TO THE MATTERS NAMED HEREIN:

 

Communication Number 290359                   Approved

Communication Number 290833                   Withdrawn

Communication Number 290834                   Approved

 

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

Committee on Information Technology & Automation

 

 

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William M. Beavers, Chairman

 

 

Attest:

 

 

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Matthew B. DeLeon, Secretary

 

 

** The audio recording for this meeting is available from the Office of the Secretary to the Board, 118 North Clark Street, Room 567, Chicago, IL 60602.