HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Enterprise Licensing Agreement for City-Wide GIS Software RESOLUTION NO. 09-440
RESOLUTION APPROVING ENTERPRISE LICENSING AGREEMENT
FOR CITY-WIDE GIS SOFTWARE
FOR THE CITY OF AMES
WHEREAS,the City has made a considerable investment in Geographic Information Systems
(GIS)technologies, including the necessary software; and,
WHEREAS,the City currently uses ArcGIS as its primary GIS software platform and has 94
installations deployed throughout the organization; and,
WHEREAS,ArcGIS is developed and distributed by Environmental Systems Research Institute
(ESRI) of Redlands, California; and,
WHEREAS, for FY 2009/10, the City has appropriated $43,004 for existing annual ESRI
software maintenance contracts and an additional $7,996 in planned ESRI software purchases; and,
WHEREAS,recently,ESRI has offered the City of Ames the opportunity to enter into a multi-
year Enterprise License Agreement (ELA), and the proposed agreement would allow the City to
leverage currently budgeted software expenditures and acquire unlimited ArcGIS licensing, training,
and support for the entire organization; and,
WHEREAS, the ELA is a three-year agreement with a cost of$51,000 per year, and this
alternative will have far-reaching impacts, because it will remove a significant barrier to
organizational-wide GIS implementation by removing the large up-front cost of single license
purchases; and,
WHEREAS,the only significant budgetary increase will be in the Public Works Department,
because during this first year,the additional funding will come from accumulated depreciation funding
for equipment that is no longer in inventory.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames,Iowa,that
the three-year Enterprise License Agreement with Environmental Systems Research Institute of
Redlands, California, in the amount of$51,000/year for City-wide GIS software is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 8'day of September, 2009.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor
Introduced by: Doll
Seconded by: Goodman
Voting aye: Doll, Goodman, Larson, Mahayni, Popken, Rice
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 8`'day of September, 2009.