Title
Authorization to Apply for Local Judicial Collection Enhancement Fund Grant Funding to Purchase Information Technology (IT) Hardware (Ordinance S-52216) - Citywide
Description
Request authorization for the Phoenix Municipal Court to apply for grant funding in an amount not to exceed $101,000 from the Arizona Supreme Court administered Judicial Collection Enhancement Fund (JCEF) to cover the cost of IT hardware needed for business continuity. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept, and for the City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item.
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Summary
Phoenix Municipal Court will use these funds to purchase three IT servers necessary to augment the City’s existing Disaster Recovery as a Service and provide protection against the possibility of a local catastrophic event in one of the City’s enterprise data centers. These servers will be used as backup storage and will be staged in a secondary location to be used if production systems or the data center need to be recovered from system backups. Purchasing this IT hardware will increase the Court’s business continuity posture and ability to provide continued service to the public.
Financial Impact
Funds will be made available in the Phoenix Municipal Court local JCEF account. The Phoenix Municipal Court must submit a funding plan and application to the Arizona Supreme Court Administrative Office of the Courts to secure approval for utilization of JCEF funds pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes section 12-113. No General Fund dollars will be used.
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Responsible Department
The item is recommended by Chief Presiding Judge B. Don Taylor III and Deputy City Manager Gina Montes.