TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, City Manager
TITLE: Technology Services Agreement renewal with Sarasota County for a recurring annual fee of $18,651.24.
Recommended Action
Approve the Technology Services Agreement renewal with Sarasota County to allow North Port servers and related disaster recovery infrastructure to continue to be hosted at the Sarasota County datacenter for a term of one (1) year at an annual cost of $18,651.24.
Background Information
Sarasota County's Information Technology Department provides datacenter hosting services to regional partners. These hosting services are non-profit based, and the tenant costs are much less than can be found with commercial vendors. There is an existing fiber network connecting North Port City Hall to the Sarasota County datacenter network.
Planning for disaster recovery is very important to ensure continuity of operations for City services. With the approval of the Technology Service Agreement, North Port will place additional servers, data storage array and network switches at the Sarasota County datacenter in support of a plan to recover from a disaster with the City's datacenter.
The following are some examples of organizations which are using Sarasota's datacenter hosting services:
* Sarasota County School Board
* Sarasota Memorial Hospital
* Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections
* Tax Collector
* Sarasota County Sheriff
* Property Appraiser
* Town of Longboat Key
This proposed renewal reflects a modification of an existing agreement with Sarasota County. The additional servers, networking and file storage equipment that is being placed at the Sarasota datacenter is in support of disaster recovery efforts. This renewal addresses additional North Port equipment in the Sarasota County datacenter, resulting in an additional annual cost of $7,123.56. The original agreement submitted via agenda item No. 14-1010. was approved by Commissio...
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