Authorization to Amend a Contract with Virtual Consulting to Obtain Development Services to Support Deploying Financial Reports on the City s Intranet. City of Culver City California City Council Agenda Item Report Meeting Date: 01/22/07 AGENDA ITEM: Authorization to Amend a Contract with Virtual Consulting to Obtain Development Services to Support Deploying Financial Reports on the City s Intranet. Item Number: A 4 Contact Person/Dept.: Michele Williams Information Technology Phone Number: 310.253.5959 General Fund: Yes X No Attachments: X Action Item: X X No Fiscal Impact: Yes Public Hearing: Public Notification: E mail Master Notification List on 01/17/07; Virtual Consulting on 01/17/07; Crystal Alexander (City Treasurer) on 01/12/07 Department Approval: John Richo (01/12/2007) City Controller Approval: Marlee Chang (01/17/2007) City Attorney Approval: Heather Iker (01/17/2007) City Manager Approval: Jerry B. Fulwood (01/17/2007) RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the City Council authorize amending an existing contract with Virtual Consulting (Santa Monica CA) to obtain development services to support deploying financial reports on the City s Intranet. BACKGROUND: One of the FY05 06 work programs for the IT Department was to provide enhanced reporting capabilities and retrieval of financial data . The IT Department initiated this effort last fiscal year. The objective was to create new reports based on specifications from City Council City Treasurer City Controller and Executive Management. These reports would provide supplemental information that was only available by accessing the financial system. The existing financial reports would also be redesigned to make them more user friendly (larger font size clearer report titles/headings color coding where appropriate to highlight exceptions). Additionally the reports would be made available on the City s Intranet as a way of reducing paper and to facilitate citywide access to reports within appropriate security cont...
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