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Home My WebLink About2017-08-14 17-280 ORDER CITY COUNCIL ACTION 08/14/2017 17-280 Council Meeting Date: 08/14/2017 ., '* Item No: 17-280 4,.Q "% Responsible Dept: Finance Requested Action: Order Map/Lot: N/A Title,Order Authorizing Carry Forward Funding in the Amount of$75,000 from the FY 2017 Community Connector Budget Summary This order will authorize the carry forward of$75,000 of FY 2017 Community Connector funds for the the acquisition of fixed route and paratransit service software. If approved, these funds would be used to purchase and install transit specific hardware and software to assist in the dispatching, paratransit scheduling and data compilation. Dispatch and scheduling will enable us to convert currently manual processes to electronic processes. The data compilation aspect will allow us to obtain more accurate passenger and route statistics, which in turn will allow us to provide more in-depth data as part of the annual grant submission process as well as provide needed information for planning and service changes. This project was unable to be completed during FY 2017, therefore staff is recommending that these funds be carried forward to FY 2018. This item was reviewed and recommended for approval at the August 8, 2017 Finance Committee Meeting. Committee Action Committee: Finance Committee Meeting Date: 08/07/2017 Action: Recommend for passage For: Against: Staff Comments&Approvals Cfribi tatAA1 r City Manager City Solicitor Finance Director Introduced for: Consent st o Ass CITY OF BANGOR ORDER 08/14/2017 17-280 Ca'lir 4 114 Date: 08/14/2017 73011 ' Item No: 17-280 04q cc' Assigned to Councilor: Nealley Authorizing Carry Forward Funding in the Amount of$75,000 from the FY 2017 Community Connector Budget Be it Ordered by the City Council of the City of Bangor that, the Finance Director is authorized to carryforward $75,000 in unexpended funds from the FY 2017 Community Connector budget, said funds to be used to purchase transportation software. IN CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 14, 2017 CO 17-280 PASSED C TY CLE •