HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Internet Service Agreement with CenturyLink RESOLUTION NO. 13-543
RESOLUTION APPROVING INTERNET SERVICE AGREEMENT
WITH CENTURYLINK
FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA
WHEREAS, the City currently contracts with CenturyLink to provide Internet service at a
20 Mbps data transfer rate cost of$1,854.48 per month or $22,253.76 per year; and,
WHEREAS, the current 36-month contract with CenturyLink is due for renewal; and,
WHEREAS, this service is shared by 17 City locations though the City network; and,
WHEREAS,due to increasing Internet utilization and a growing reliance on the Internet for
communications and information to provide City services, it has become necessary to increase our
present bandwidth to a 30-Mbps Internet service as follows: 12-month contract at $2,512.70 per
month, or 36-month contract at$2,193.00 per month; and,
WHEREAS,by entering into a 36-month agreement,the City will save approximately$3,800
per year; and,
WHEREAS,because the 36-month contract option covers more than one year,City Council
approval is required; and,
WHEREAS,the added annual costs are being included in the revised 2013/14 and proposed
2014/15 budgets, which will be presented to the Council in January.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,
that the Agreement with CenturyLink to provide 30 Mbps data transfer rate Internet service for the
City for a 36-month period at a cost of$2,193 per month, or$26,316 per year, is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 10th day of December, 2013.
.& A. af. 67--
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor
Introduced by: Goodman
Seconded by: Davis
Voting aye: Davis, Goodman, Larson, Orazem, Szopinski, Wacha
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 10"day of December, 2013.