HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Awarding a Contract to Lumen of Monroe, Louisiana, for a 3-Year Data Services Contract RESOLUTION NO.21-112
RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT TO LUMEN OF
MONROE,LOUISIANA,FOR A 3-YEAR DATA SERVICES CONTRACT
FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA
WHEREAS, the City's primary data connection to City Hall is from Lumen, formerly known as
CenturyLink; and,
WHEREAS, when the connection is interrupted, the City uses a backup data connection to Iowa
State University and switching to the backup connection allows data to transmit, but causes the City's
external website to not function properly; and,
WHEREAS,Lumen is offering a new 3-year contract effective March 21,2021,to provide two data
connections to the City:
1. Connection 1 will connect to City Hall in the same way as the existing connection,and this
connection will ultimately lead to Kansas City.
2. Connection 2 will connect to the Water Treatment Plan,and this connection will ultimately
lead to Minneapolis.
WHEREAS,the two external Lumen connections will both be accessible through the City network
and this will provide geographic backup of the external network; if the Kansas City connection has a
problem,the Minneapolis connection may be unaffected; and,
WHEREAS, this arrangement should allow the City's website to remain functional if the data
connection needs to switch from one Lumen connection to the other; and,
WHEREAS,the City's cost for Lumen's current single connection is$3,800 per month,and the new
contract with Lumen would provide a second connection at a lower cost of$2,400 total per month,with no
cost change for the entire 3-year Contract; and,
WHEREAS, funding for this Contract is available in the Information Technology budget and the
existing backup connection to ISU will be maintained under a separate contract as an additional layer of
redundancy in the event both Lumen connections fail.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames,Iowa,that the
Contract to Lumen of Monroe,Louisiana,for a 3-year data services contract in the amount of$2,400/month
is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 9 h day of March, 2021.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk John A. Haila,Mayor
Introduced by: Gartin
Seconded by: Betcher
Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen,Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin, Junck,Martin
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 9 h day of March,2021.