ADOPTED -MARCH 13, 2007

Agenda Item No. 12

Introduced by the County Services and Finance Committees of the:

 

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

 

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING POWER SUPPLY UPGRADE FOR THE

INGHAM COUNTY COMPUTER ROOM

 

RESOLUTION #07-051

 

WHEREAS, the Management Information Services (MIS) Department operates the primary computer room for Ingham County in the Hilliard Building where the power for the computer room is conditioned and supplied by an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) manufactured by Liebert Corporation; and

 

WHEREAS, the capacity utilization of the UPS device has been above 90% for most of 2006 and will not be able to support new computers planned for 2007; and

 

WHEREAS, an engineering study of the computer room done jointly by D. L. Steiner, Inc. and Consumers Energy suggested that on-going computer room equipment failures may be due to electrical grounding problems that can be solved in part by an isolation transformer used in conjunction with the UPS; and

 

WHEREAS, the MIS Department has reviewed available suppliers for the Liebert UPS and found only Hedrick Associates able to supply factory authorized service for our area who has submitted a proposal to upgrade the UPS to 30 KVA (Kilo Volt-Amps) and install an isolation transformer along with necessary building wiring; and

 

WHEREAS, the funds for this project are approved within the appropriate Capital Improvement Plan 2007 Budget; and

 

WHEREAS, after the review of the proposal it is the recommendation of both the Purchasing and MIS Departments to award this contract to Hedrick Associates, Grand Rapids , Michigan who submitted the only factory authorized proposal in the amount of $25,967.00.

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes awarding a contract to Hedrick and Associates, 2360 Oak Industrial Drive N.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505 to upgrade the Uninterruptible Power Supply system at the Ingham County Hilliard Building computer room in an amount not to exceed $25,967.00.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, a total of $16,967 in unspent funds from various MIS projects will be carried over from the 2006 Capital Budget to cover the costs of this upgrade and the Controller’s Office is authorize to make the necessary budget adjustments associated with this resolution.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes the Board Chairperson and the County Clerk to sign any necessary documents that are consistent with this resolution and approved as to form by the County Attorney.

 

COUNTY SERVICES:  Yeas:   De Leon, Tennis, Copedge, Nolan, Severino, Dougan

     Nays:   None          Absent:     None                      Approved 3/12/07

 

FINANCE:  Yeas: Celentino, Grant, Grebner, Hertel, Soule, Dougan

       Nays:  None          Absent:  None        Approved 3/7/07