Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Manager
Subject: Amendment to Agreement with Granicus, Inc. for license renewal and system maintenance for the Granicus agenda management system
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an amendment to the agreement with Granicus, Inc. to extend the County of San Mateo's license and system maintenance for the Granicus agenda management system, by three years, for the term of December 13, 2019 through December 13, 2022, increasing the amount by $341,379.75 to a total amount not to exceed $664,402.75.
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BACKGROUND:
On May 30, 2016, the County Manager's Office and ISD released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a new agenda management system. Eight firms submitted proposals and a committee with members drawn from multiple County departments evaluated the proposals.
With over 30 years of experience working with government entities and with partnerships in 34 of the 58 California counties, Granicus was selected to replace SIRE as the County's agenda management system.
During the initial term of the agreement, Granicus installed all required hardware and software, and provided the licensing, hosting, and maintenance for the nine Granicus agenda management suite applications. Further, Granicus managed the data migration from SIRE to the Granicus platform.
DISCUSSION:
The Granicus platform has afforded the County a seamless solution for publishing agendas, minutes, and videos of the Board meetings. The data migration now allows the public access to extensive Board meeting records. Further, VoteCast and LiveManager, both part of Granicus Suite, enable the Supervisors to view agenda items and documents on a touchscreen monitor and allows the Clerk to have full event control with the ability to start, stop, pause, and live index and annotate items during Board meetings.
The County is now implementing Gr...
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