Title
Legal Processing Services - State of Arizona - ADSPO15-00004494 (Ordinance S-44854)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to add additional expenditures for Contract 142489 with Executive Process, LLC, doing business as EZ Messenger, in an amount of $56,000. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
Legal processing services are used by the Law Department to complete daily findings, provide messenger services and complete service of process. The additional funds are needed to add the Neighborhood Services Department to the contract to use the legal processing services. Neighborhood Services uses EZ Messenger to obtain legal proof of service for civil citations that are issued to notify property owners of code compliance violations.
Financial Impact
With the $56,000 in additional funds, the contracts' revised aggregate value is now $156,000 (including applicable taxes) with new estimated annual expenditures of $31,200.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
This contract is the result of Contract 142489 awarded by Formal Council Action on March 2, 2016, with an original aggregate value of $100,000. The contract's value increased since its initial award and is now at an aggregate value of $156,000 with the additional amount.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by City Manager Ed Zuercher and the Finance Department.