8805-15 Agreement w/ Everstream Inc. for fiber optic communication system

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Please substitute for Resolution No. 8805 -15. Referred to COW 5118115. RESOLUTION NO. 8805 -15 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary. A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with Everstream, Inc., an Ohio corporation, for the installation, operation and maintenance of a fiber optic communications system within the city of Lakewood without the necessity of bidding in accordance with Lakewood Codified Ordinance §111.04(a)(10) in an amount not to exceed $900,000. WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood has obtained three quotes for the construction of a fiber optic communications system that will be available for use by the city, the city's public partners including the private and public schools and Lakewood Public Library as well as private businesses within the community; and WHEREAS, this fiber optic communications system will make faster intereet speeds available to the city, partners and potential business considering relocating to Lakewood; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City to award this agreement without competitive bidding; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five of its members determines that this resolution is an emergency measure, and that this resolution shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in Article III, Sections 10 and 13 of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in order to have this communications network installed prior to the end of the year; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. Council hereby determines that it is impractical to award the installation of a fiber optic communications system under competitive bidding procedures, and that it is more cost - effective and in the best interests of the City to award the contract without competitive bidding, and thus authorizes the Mayor to enter into an agreement with Everstream, Inc., an Ohio corporation, for the installation, maintenance and operation of a fiber optic communications system in an amount not to exceed $900,000. Section 2. Council specifically approves the agreement in substantially the same form as that attached as Exhibit A.