HomeMy Public PortalAbout2022.005 (01-04-22) RESOLUTION NO. 2022.005
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD
AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF
$50,000 TO REDESIGN THE CITY'S WEBSITE SELECTING THE MOST
QUALIFIED VENDOR UPON COMPLETION OF A REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS (RFP) ALLOWING THE MAYOR OR DESIGNEE TO SIGN
AGREEMENT WITH THE VENDOR AND MAKE CHANGES TO THE
CITY'S DOMAIN NAME AS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the City's current website was designed and developed in-house in
2016 using Wordpress and the website is in need for a refresh to take advantage of new
technologies and on-line features that will enhance the way residents, businesses, and
visitors do business with the City; and
WHEREAS, the importance of the way we are able to communicate with
residents and conduct business on-line was made more evident by the COVID-19
pandemic; and
WHEREAS, on March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 was
passed whereby funds can be used for specific purposes to respond to the public health
emergency and the City's website was a primary point of communications with the
public in response to the public health emergency; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this item is to get Council's authorization to
appropriate funds in the amount of $50,000 from dedicated ARPA (American Rescue
Plan Act) funds to redesign the City's website and to make changes to the City's domain
name as approved by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, a government CMS (content management system) manages the
creation and storage of digital content and provides an organizational system for a
government website allowing staff from across the agency to update information
regularly and an ideal government CMS is user friendly and is built with the citizen
journey in mind that is accessible on any computer and mobile device; and
WHEREAS, preliminary pricing from vendors who specialize in developing
government websites such as Civic Plus and Granicus range from $45K to $49K and
staff will issue a request for proposal (RFP) and upon completion select the most
qualified vendor that will be approved by the Mayor or designee; and
WHEREAS, the last part of this item is to get Council's direction of keeping the
City's domain name (www.lynwood.ca.us) that was chosen in 1996 or changing this to a
more modern name; and
WHEREAS, an appropriation of funds in the amount of $50,000 from dedicated
ARPA funding to account 1011.65.290.62015 is needed to cover the cost of the website
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redesign and hosting and annual maintenance and hosting will cost about $9,500 per
year.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AND DETERMINE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the City Council of the City of Lynwood authorizes the
appropriation of funds in the amount of $50,000 from the dedicated ARPA funding to
account 1011.65.290.62015 to redesign the City's website.
Section 2. This resolution shall go into effect immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 4th day of January, 2022.
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Jorge Casano rT Mayor
ATTEST:
Maria Quinonez, ' Ernie .rnandez,
City Clerk City anager
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
Noel Tapia, I Peter Han, Director of Technology
City Attorney Services
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of said City at its
regular meeting thereof held in the City Hall of the City on the 4th day of January, 2022
and passed by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS FLORES, SANTANA, SOTO, MAYOR PRO TEM
SOLACHE AND MAYOR CASANOVA
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE �--
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Maria Quinonez,
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, and Clerk of the City
Council of said City, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full, true and
correct copy of Resolution No. 2022.005 on file in my office and that said resolution
was adopted on the date and by the vote therein stated. Dated this 4th day of January,
2022.
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Maria Quinonez,
City Clerk
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