The City of Billings has contracted with Yellowstone County Sheriff's Department for over 20 years to provide application hosting services including servers, storage, security, software maintenance, and support for the Public Safety Software that they use in their offices, patrol cars and in the County Jail. Under an annual agreement, Information Technology bills the Sheriff's Office for the actual resources that were used in the prior calendar year. Council is being asked to approve the FY 2021 agreement in the amount of $131,181.

City Council may:
Approve the annual agreement with Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office Department, or;
Not approve the annual agreement

The annual charge for July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, is $131,181. Information Technology is an internal service fund, whose budget is dependent on charging customers for the services that it provides.
 

Staff recommends that the City Council approve the agreement to provide FY2021 data processing services for the Yellowstone County Sheriff's Department in the amount of $131,181.