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PROPOSALS BY COOPERS AND LYBRAND FOR DATA PROCESSING SOFTWARE AND <br />HARDWARE NEEDS OF THE UTILITIES DEPT. <br />Utilities Director Pinto reviewed the following: <br />TO: CHARLES P. BALCZUNDATE: MARCH 29, 1988 <br />COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR <br />THRU: TERRANCE G. PINTO IP/. <br />DIRECTOR OF UTILITY SERVICES <br />FROM: JEFFREY K. BARTONY' <br />ASSISTANT DIRECTOR 6F UTILITY SERVICES <br />SUBJECT: DATA PROCESSING SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE NEEDS <br />DEPARTMENT OF UTILITY SERVICES <br />• <br />BACKGROUND <br />Indian River County Utilities has experienced tremendous growth over <br />the last few years and, as we expand with the many projects under way, <br />we need to look at our financial, accounting, and data processing <br />needs. <br />The County's auditing firm, Coopers and Lybrand, Certified Public <br />Accountants, were asked for proposals to define the needs of the <br />Department of Utility Services. Attached are the proposals from <br />Coopers and Lybrand, which include a credit for forty (40) hours of <br />consulting services under our audit contract. <br />ANALYSIS <br />The proposals from Coopers and Lybrand are to cover two areas of <br />concern for future needs of Utilities: <br />1. Customer billing and information system not to exceed <br />$30,000. <br />2. Financial Projection System not to exceed $50,000, less the <br />credits for the forty (40) hours of additional services from <br />Indian River County's audit contract. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />The Department of Utility Services recommends to the Board of County <br />Commissioners to approve the two proposals for services from Coopers & <br />Lybrand with funding from the Utilities budgeted line items for water <br />and sewer - Other Contracted Services: 471-218-536-033.49 and <br />471-219-536-033.49, after the credit for the forty (40) hours of time. <br />Director Pinto stressed that what they are trying to buy <br />here is one of the most important pieces of software they can <br />have in utilities. For instance, if we are considering <br />acquisition of a utility, we can make sure that cost is applied <br />directly to the revenue stream that is coming from it. We can <br />APR 121999 <br />55 <br />BOOK 72 OCE 71 <br />