Res No 137-17-14938RESOLUTION NO: 137-17-14938
A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to expend $16,445 for the
provisioning of five (5) new virtual servers utilizing Miami-Dade County infrastructure
to be installed and configured on the VMware virtual environment at the Miami-Dade
Secure Data Center and completing the work required for migration of Police data
from physical servers to virtual environment.
WHEREAS, currently the City of South Miami Police server infrastructure lacks
redundancy, most servers in the environment are out of warranty, Microsoft Operating
systems are no longer supported, and have no hardware maintenance contracts; and 7
WHEREAS, criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) and FBI Security Policy
require all police servers to be operating on the latest versions of Microsoft Server
Operating System to meet CJIS/FBI security policy CSP 5.10.4.1; and
WHEREAS, the City's Information Technology Division is looking to Install and
configure hardware and software components for VMware virtual server environment;
and
WHEREAS, modernization strategy plan developed is to migrate from physical
servers to virtual server environment located at the Miami-Dade Secure Data Center.
Miami-Dade County follows Federal, State and industry cyber security and network best
practices to provide the strongest defenses against cyber-attacks and system breaches;
and
WHEREAS, by the City completing this project, the server virtualization project
will improve availability, provide redundancy, and provide police with Continuity of
Operations Plan in case of emergency event impacting the City of South Miami,
computer room; and
WHEREAS, this plan eliminates cooling and power costs for City of South Miami
computer room to operate Police Infrastructure servers. The Miami-Dade Data Center
is a CJIS secure facility providing hardened CATS facilities that include redundant FPL
power feeds, facility generators, and continuous cooling of data center during
emergency event; and
WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County's Information Technology Department is the
City's Information Technology provider for all services since 2014. As per the Interlocal
Service and Maintenance Agreement executed via Resolution 140-15-14479; and
WHEREAS, The City believes that in the name of security and in an effort to avoid
any potential conflicts related to the City's Information Technology Infrastructure, that
Miami-Dade County provide the services that are required to the state of the art
infrastructure Miami-Dade County has helped build for the City; and
WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County, is the sole agent responsible for maintaining the
City of South Miami and Police VMware virtual server and storage environment. The
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granting of system administrative access to the City of South Miami and Police VMware
virtual server and storage environment to an external agency would violate the
Interlocal Service and Maintenance Agreement and place a risk the City and Police IT
systems covered by the agreement. Therefore, Miami-Dade County is a sole source of
supply for this provisioning of five (5) new virtual servers utilizing Miami-Dade County
infrastructure to be installed and configured on the VMware virtual environment at the
Miami-Dade Secure Data Center and completing the work required for migration of
Police data from physical servers to virtual environment; and
WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County will be utilizing the tilT Services and Rates/'
provided within the executed Interlocal Agreement to for the strategic IT Design,
Planning, Deployment, and Implementation, of the IT business network and application
solution; and
WHEREAS, the Information Technology Division highly recommends approving
the provisioning of 5 new virtual servers utilizing Miami-Dade County infrastructure to
be installed and configured on the VMware virtual environment at the Miami-Dade
Secure Data Center and completing the work required for migration of Police data from
physical servers to virtual environment; support fees includes all hardware, licensing
and all labor costs; and
WHEREAS, these funds are allocated in account number 001-1340-513-3450,
Information Technology Division (ITO) Contractual Services within 2016/2017 fiscal year
budget with a current balance of $42,535.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA;
Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to expend $16A45 for the
provisioning of five (5) new virtual servers utilizing Miami-Dade County infrastructure to
be installed and configured on the VMware virtual environment at the Miami-Dade
Secure Data Center and completing the work required for migration of Police data from
physical servers to virtual environment; support fees includes all hardware, licenSing
and all labor costs.
Section 2. Severability. If any section, clause, sentence, or phrase of this
resolution is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent
jurisdiction, this holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
resolution.
Section 3. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon adoption by
vote of the City Commission.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this1 2th:Jay of July ,2017
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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MAYOR
COMMISSION VOTE: 5-0
Mayor Stoddard: Yea
Vice Mayor Welsh: Yea
Commissioner Harris: Yea
Commissioner Liebman: Yea
Commissioner Edmond: Yea
THE CITY OF PLEASANT LIVING
To:
From:
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Background:
757410FFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM
The Honorable Mayor & Members of the City Commission
Steven Alexander, City Manager
Agenda Item No.: 5" July 12,2017
A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to expend $16,445 for
the design, license, installation and configuration of the City of
South Miami's Police Department VMware virtual server
environment and development from a physical to virtual server
migration.
Currently the City of South Miami Police server infrastructure
lacks redundancy, most servers in the environment are out of
warranty, Microsoft Operating systems are no longer supported,
and have no hardware maintenance contracts. In addition,
Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) and FBI Security Policy
require all police servers to be operating on the latest versions of
Microsoft Server Operating System to meet CJIS/FBI security
policy CSP 5.10.4.1.
The City's Information Technology Division is looking to Install and
configure hardware and software components for VMware virtual
server environment. Modernization strategy plan developed is to
migrate from physical servers to virtual server environment
located at the Miami-Dade Secure Data Center. Miami-Dade
County follows Federal, State and industry' cyber security and
network best practices to provide the strongest defenses against
cyber-attacks and system breaches.
By the City completing this project, the server virtualization
project will improve availability, provide redundancy, and provide
police with Continuity of Operations Plan in case of emergency
event impacting the City of South Miami, computer room. This
plan eliminates cooling and power costs for City of South Miami
computer room to operate Police Infrastructure servers. The
Miami-Dade Data Center is a CJIS secure facility providing
hardened CATS facilities that include redundant FPL power feeds,
facility generators, and continuous cooling of data center during
emergency event.
Amount:
Account:
Attachments:
Miami-Dade County's Information Technology Department is the
City's Information Technology provider for all services since 2014.
As per the Interlocal Service and Maintenance Agreement
executed via Resolution 140-15-14479, which "requires for
County to have "Master System Administrator" access for County
personnel designated with the top permission level over all for
system management and administration for City IT systems
covered by this agreement./I Due to the complexity of the City's
Information Technology Infrastructure, sensitive sec'urity
information and overall security concerns; Miami-Dade County is
the only Master System Administrator of the City's entire
Infrastructure and granting any other entity with System
Administrator rights, which would be required to complete this
task, would jeopardize security and could risk stability of the
entire Information Technology system. Hence, Miami-Dade
County, is the sole agent responsible for maintaining the City of
South Miami and Police VMware virtual server and storage
environment. The granting of system administrative access to the
City of South Miami and Police VMware virtual server and storage
environment to an external agency would violate the Interlocal
Service and Maintenance Agreement and place a risk the City and
Police IT systems covered by the agreement.
Furthermore, Miami-Dade County will be utilizing the "IT Services
and Rates," provided within the executed Interlocal Agreement to
for the strategic IT Design, Planning, Deployment, and
Implementation, of the IT business network and application
solution.
The City's Information Technology Division highly recommends
approving the provisioning of five {5} new virtual servers utilizing
Miami-Dade County infrastructure to be installed and configured
on the VMware virtual environment at the Miami-Dade Secure
Data Center and completing the work required for migration of
Police data from physical servers to virtual environment; support
fees includes all hardware, licensing and all labor costs.
An amount not to exceed $16,445
001.1340.513.3450, Information Technology Division (lTD)
Contractual Services, with a current balance of $42,535.
Resolution for approval
Resolution 140-15-14479