{"id":1082,"date":"2008-08-20T00:29:50","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T04:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=1082"},"modified":"2008-08-20T00:29:50","modified_gmt":"2008-08-20T04:29:50","slug":"it-contract-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2008\/08\/20\/it-contract-held\/","title":{"rendered":"IT Contract Held"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/t_City_Council.jpg\" alt=\"The Fort Wayne City Council\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Fort Wayne City Council approved a motion by Councilman Tim Pape to hold the ATOS Origin IT contract until next Tuesday.\u00c2\u00a0 Those voting in favor of the holdover included:\u00c2\u00a0Marty Bender, Karen Goldner, Mitch Harper, Tim Pape, John Shoaff and Tom Smith.\u00c2\u00a0 Voting against holding the contract: Liz Brown, Tom Didier and Glynn Hines.\u00c2\u00a0 Some of the reasons for holding the contract included missing appendices, incorrect passages in the contract and the feeling the Council had that they were being told they had no choice but to pass the contract.\u00c2\u00a0 Reasons for the missing sections in the contract were that they weren&#8217;t missing, but could be found in the RFP\u00c2\u00a0&#8211; they just needed to be transferred over to the contract.\u00c2\u00a0 The Council was told they would have the missing information and a list of anything that couldn&#8217;t be resolved by next Tuesday in hopes it would be approved that evening.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It was impressive to see the Council in action tonight and each member should be congratulated for doing their homework and thinking this through.\u00c2\u00a0 The surprising thing is that the Allen County Council passed a contract of this magnitude earlier in the week and the Commissioners are expected to sign their part possibly this Friday.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s only a minor delay however, look for the contract to be approved next week, barring any further missing information or surprises.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/sound_clip.gif\" alt=\"MP3 Audio File of the discussion\" align=\"middle\" \/>\u00c2\u00a0MP3 File of the ATOS Contract Discussion (148 mb)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">[poll id=&#8221;5&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71709.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Mayor Tom Henry announces call for referendum vote on the gaming issue during a press conference on February 27, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='60a1f99794b05269f4550feafe0da813' data-image-id=\"199\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71709.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71709.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry\" data-description=\"Mayor Tom Henry announces call for referendum vote on the gaming issue during a press conference on February 27, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"199\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71709.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71710.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Mayor Tom Henry shakes hands with Allen County Councilman Paul Moss after the press conference announcing his decision to seek a referendum vote on the gaming issue.  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Photo taken February 27, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne City Councilman Tim Pape\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne City Councilman Tim Pape\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"202\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71714.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71715.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Allen County Councilman Paul Moss makes a brief comment during the Mayor&#039;s press conference calling for referendum vote on the gaming issue.  Photo taken February 27, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='60a1f99794b05269f4550feafe0da813' data-image-id=\"203\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71715.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71715.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/02\/27: Allen County Councilman Paul Moss\" data-description=\"Allen County Councilman Paul Moss makes a brief comment during the Mayor&#039;s press conference calling for referendum vote on the gaming issue.  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