The City of Lee's Summit - File #: BILL NO. 22-144

• File #: BILL NO. 22-144
• Type: Ordinance - Committee
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 5/11/2022
• In control: City Council - Regular Session
• On agenda: 7/12/2022
• Final action: 7/12/2022
• Title: An Ordinance authorizing the City to spend additional funds to purchase additional software licenses and services pursuant to the Software License and Services Agreement between the City of Lee’s Summit and CentralSquare Technologies, LLC, and authorizing the City Manager to execute all documents necessary to effectuate the same on behalf of the City. (F&BC 7/6/22)
• Related files: BILL NO. 18-139

Date	Action By	Action	Result
7/12/2022	City Council - Regular Session	for second reading	Pass
7/12/2022	City Council - Regular Session	adopted and numbered	Pass
7/6/2022	Finance and Budget Committee	recommended for approval	Pass

Title
An Ordinance authorizing the City to spend additional funds to purchase additional software licenses and services pursuant to the Software License and Services Agreement between the City of Lee’s Summit and CentralSquare Technologies, LLC, and authorizing the City Manager to execute all documents necessary to effectuate the same on behalf of the City. (F&BC 7/6/22)

Body
Issue/Request:
An Ordinance authorizing the City to spend additional funds to purchase additional software licenses and services pursuant to the Software License and Services Agreement between the City of Lee’s Summit and CentralSquare Technologies, LLC, and authorizing the City Manager to execute all documents necessary to effectuate the same on behalf of the City.

Background:
CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch), RMS (Records Management System), and mobile software is an important software package used by the Fire Department. It is used by dispatch, firefighters writing reports, administration, support services, operations, and more. The City's current solution, FDM, was purchased by CST. FDM is extremely out of date and its functionality is much lower than most products offered by other vendors.

While CST still supports FDM, it has no plans on upgrading the software. CST has its own CAD/mobile product and has partnered with First Due for RMS with all software pieces completely integrated into one suite. The CAD PRO and First Due suite is the natural upgrade path from FDM and CST has provided a migration plan for that upgrade. Data migration from FDM to CAD Pro and First Due is being completed by CST.

Key Issues:
The existing FDM Computer Aided Dispatch/Records Management System (“CAD/RMS”) in use by the Fire Department has previously been acquired by CentralSquare Technologies, LLC (“CST”), which is also the current provider for the Lee’s Summit Police Department with the product CAD Pro. CST is currently not able to meet contract requirements for RMS for the Fire Department, wit...