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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA U"E' MEMORANDUM TO: Indian River County Board of County Commissioners THROUGH: Jason Brown, County Administrator FROM: Dan Russell, Information Technology Director SUBJECT: One-year extension of agreement between Indian River County (IRC) and AT&T DATE: November 9, 2021 BACKGROUND: On May 8, 2018, the IRC Board of County Commissioners approved three new contract service agreements with AT&T to cover the following County telephone systems: Telephone lines in the Vero Beach AT&T Central Office area, enhanced 911 Phone System, and telephone lines operating in the Sebastian AT&T Central Office area. These AT&T services agreements allow the use of the telephone lines by all offices under the Boarc of County Commissioners and all IRC Constitutional Offices. The terms of the May 8, 2018 AT&T service agreement consisted of an initial 24 -month term and also contained a provision for two (2) one -yea- agreement extensions. The purpose of this proposed BCC agenda item is to exercise the second optional one-year term extension of the AT&T service agreements. ANALYSIS Attached are the IRC BCC approved, 2018 AT&T services agreements, covering PRI (Primary Rate Interface) services, AT&T Centrex Telephone Line Services, 911 ANI (Automatic Number Identification) services, and 911 ALI (Automatic Location Information) services. The additional year extension of these agreements maintains this discount and shields the County against an exponential Telecommunications rate increase. Most of the AT&T Telecommunications services described by these agreements have been migrated to the AT&T HVS VoIP services contract, with the exception of the 911 services. In addition to the 911 services, it is necessary to maintain certain lines covered by these contracts in support of alarm systems and elevator phones. FUNDING Funding for these agreements is present within the budgets of multiple departments. The proposed one-year extension of these AT&T agreements will ensure that there will be no change to the existing AT&T pricing schedules. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the IRC Board of County Commissioners approve the one-year contract term extension in order to maintain the current price structure for these AT&T Telecommunications services and authorize the Information Technology Department to issue the required notices to AT&T.