Council ratifies MLGW contract changes totaling multimillion-dollar renewals on consent agenda

The Memphis City Council approved fiscal consent items for MLGW on July 22 that ratified contract renewals and change orders for information technology and security services. The comptroller read the fiscal consent agenda: a change order to Contract 12032 with Fidelity Information Services LLC to extend electronic bill presentment in a funded amount not to exceed $3,278,191.82; a change order to Contract 12519 for Citrix license and support with Logicalis Inc. in the funded amount of $495,060; a change order to Contract 12507 for Microsoft support with Crayon Software Experts LLC in the funded amount of $218,257; and a change order to Contract 12516 for security automation installation and service agreement with Access Control Integration Inc. in the funded amount read in the record as $187,000,000. The comptroller and council later reiterated the amounts as read. Councilman Spinoza moved approval of the MLGW fiscal consent items; the motion was seconded and the roll call showed the items passed. Why it matters:…