(5)AR 030210 Amendment to The Omega Group agreement

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ITEM NO. 05 STAFF REPORT DATE: MARCH 2, 2010 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCV FROM: ROD FOSTER, CITY MANAGER PREPARED BY: BOB MILLER, CHIEF OF POLICE �-- SUBJECT: THIRD AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF COLTON AND THE OMEGA GROUP RECOMMENDED ACTION It is recommended that the City Council authorize execution of a third amendment to the Professional Service Agreement (PSA) with The Omega Group, to allow for the upgraded crime mapping technology (Crimemapping.com) and the additional feature of CrimeView Server. GOAL STATEMENT The proposed action will support the City's goal to improve information sharing with the public and within the Police Department regarding law enforcement activity. BACKGROUND On September 4, 2007, the City of Colton entered into an agreement with The Omega Group (Omega) for crime analysis software (CrimeView), and an Internet based public access crime mapping system (CrimeView Community). Due to staffing limitations and contract specifications, the project has been in process over the past two years. In February 2009, staff completed a second amendment to the Agreement showing the end date as the completion of performance. The CrimeView portion of the project was completed that month. At that time, Omega was in the process of upgrading its CrimeView Community software to Crimemapping. Crimemapping is a more user friendly system that would be hosted by Omega, decreasing cost to the City in hardware and maintenance. Omega offered this new technology as well as CrimeView Server, which would increase crime analysis information sharing throughout the Department, and reduce the time required by a crime analyst for input. The attached "third amendment" (exhibit `A'), provides for the change from CrimeView Community to Crimemapping.com, and the addition of CrimeView Server with no increased cost to the approved purchase order.