AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Materials Management
ACM: Bryan Langley
AGENDA DATE: March 7, 2017
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Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas authorizing the approval of a first amendment to a contract between the City of Denton and Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) for the ESRI Small Enterprise License Agreement for the ArcGIS software suite licenses for an additional three (3) year period, extending the contract approved City Council on March 4, 2014, in the amount of $75,000; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date (File 5466-providing for an additional expenditure amount not-to-exceed $78,000, with the total contract amount not-to-exceed $153,000).
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FILE INFORMATION
DME maintains a master repository of records and maps for its installed electric and communication systems. DME must maintain accurate system infrastructure records and be able to accurately produce electrical system operational maps and switching orders. The City of Denton and DME chose a geographic information/facilities management system (referred to as "GIS") nearly two decades ago. ESRI ArcGIS software suite assists DME by increasing productivity and improving services by effectively managing its spatial data. The electric GIS software allows DME the capability to run database queries on the electric system infrastructure and create engineering and operational maps. The electric GIS system is a core product for DME and is used to provide GIS data that assists with financial fixed asset accounting, budget preparations, and presentations requiring governing board approvals, distribution engineering analysis, and outage management tracking and reporting. DME could experience serious impacts related to operational, design, and GIS system knowledge capabilities and these applications cannot continue to function without the renewal of the ESRI Small Utility Enterprise License Agr...
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