For City Council Meeting [September 24, 2019]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Rod Foster, City Administrator
FROM: Mark P. Kling, Chief of Police
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Request City Council to Approve an Increase of the Purchase Order with Fernando Vargas, Information Specialist, for Fiscal Year 2019/2020 for Information System Support through June 2020 for a Total Cost of $40,215.
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BACKGROUND
The Police Department currently uses Fernando Vargas, an Information Technology (IT) professional, to assist with the Police Department's CAD/MOBILE/RMS upgrade and information networking. Fernando Vargas has been assisting the organization since January of 2017, after the loss of our Systems Analyst and has been an important part of bringing our organization's IT systems up to Department of Justice (DOJ) requirements and standards.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
For fiscal year 2019/2020 the Rialto Police Department issued a Purchase Order (PO) in the amount of $15,000 to Fernando Vargas, Information Specialist. Fernando Vargas has been essential in assisting the department through our CAD/Mobile/RMS upgrade, developing and upgrading our department's network system and security protocols and bringing our department to DOJ standards. Fernando has worked extensively with County Communications on our radio project, County on the Smart Justice Network and updating new security protocols found to be years out of date. Fernando Vargas' services are imperative to the continued success of the upgrade of our IT systems. Fernando Vargas' Information Technology professional service qualifies under the bidding exemption as stated in RMC section 2.48.410.
During the Fiscal Year 2019/2020 budget process, an additional Information Systems Analyst position was added to the Rialto Police Department's allocation. To ensure efficiency with the department's IT Division, Fernando Vargas' service are essential until the analyst position is filled. The Information Specialist services will b...
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