Ordinance 15-12 Budget Appropriation to Aha Consulting, Inc. for Website Design and Software Upgrades

CITY OF HOMER

HOMER, ALASKA

                                                            City Manager

ORDINANCE 15-12

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, AMENDING THE FY 2015 OPERATING BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING $8,500 TO AHA CONSULTING, INC. FROM THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS BUDGET TO FUND WEBSITE DESIGN AND SOFTWARE UPGRADES. 

WHEREAS, The City of Homer website is a primary means of communicating City information to the public; and

WHEREAS, According to Comsource.inc in 2014 mobile devices overtook desktop or laptop computers as the most common way people access the internet; and

WHEREAS, The City of Homer website has not had a software or design upgrade since 2010; and

WHEREAS, Aha Consulting, Inc. has maintained and designed the City website since 2010 and the proposed upgrades are a natural extension of their existing contract with the City.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF HOMER ORDAINS:

Section 1. That the City Council finds upgrades to the City Website including making the site mobile friendly, updating the software and graphic design and providing staff training for website upgrades desirable and necessary.

Section 2. The Homer City Council hereby amends the FY 2015 Operating Budget by appropriating $8,500 from Information Systems Communication to Aha Consulting, Inc. to fund website design and software upgrades.

Expenditure:

Account                                   Description                                                                  Amount

100-0113-5215                      Information Systems Communication           $8,500

Section 3. This is a budget amendment ordinance, is temporary in nature, and shall not be codified.

ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA this ___day of _______, 2015.

                                                                                          CITY OF HOMER

                                                                                          _____________________

                                                                                          MARY E. WYTHE, MAYOR

ATTEST:

___________________________

JO JOHNSON, MMC, CITY CLERK

YES:

NO:

ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:

First Reading:

Public Hearing:

Second Reading:

Effective Date:

Review and approved as to form:

_________________________                                                          ____________________________

Mary K. Koester, City Manager                                                          Thomas F. Klinkner, City Attorney

Date: ____________________                                                          Date: ________________________

Fiscal Note: Fiscal information included in body of Ordinance.