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60 Regular Meeting July 14, 1986 Page 16 from the CAD. CPS stated that if the City purchases hardware from some other vendor, CPS cannot guarantee that the City's system is going to work with their software. CPS cannot guarantee what they do not ser- vice, because the hardware must be configured to run on the CPS system. Because certain lines have to be able to run on the system, there are certain ways the system has to be configured at the CAD in order for it to run. CPS stated they cannot guarantee the system if we get someone else's hardware. Mr. Coddington asked the City Attorney's opinion wheth- er or not CPS was the sole source. Mr. Hankins stated he did not think it boils down to a simple legal conclusion. He stated the key phrase in the law is if a functional requirement of the City can only be satisfied by one source. Mr. Hankins stated he did not know all the facts and that he did not understand the computer situation adequately enough to give an opinion to the answer to Mr. Coddington's question, but stated he felt the Council could answer that question by simply applying that rule. Ms. Oliver stated the LWFW study gave direction that the City should look toward centralizing revenue collections, and she has received directive to pursue farming out our collection procedures for property tax. Ms. Oliver stated she has discussed with the School District contracting the City's tax collection, which they would be interested in pursuing as early as Spring 1987. Ms. Oliver stated the City can save approximately $40,000 in salaries and would need to budget $4,000 for maintenace in FY86-87. If the School District~kes over the City's collections, we would simply turn over our equipment to them for this purpose. Mr. Coddington requested three letters regarding this matter be attached to these minutes, which are attached hereto ([1] letter dated April 8, 1986 from the hays County Central Appraisal District to the City of San Marcos; [2] letter dated May 27, 1986 from the Eays County Central Appraisal District to the City of San Marcos; and [3] letter dated May 30, 1986 from CPS Business Systems, Inc. to Ms. Betty Oliver, Director of Finance for the City of San Marcos). On roll call the fol- lowing vote was recorded: AYE: Brown, Farr, Younger, Guerra, Kissler, Nicola. NAY: Coddington. ABSTAIN: None. Mayor Younger introduced for consideration adoption of a Resolution, the caption which was read as follows: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHARLES WILLIS AND ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR THE PROVISION TO SAID CITY OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY FOR THE SAN MARCOS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT; APPROVING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A PRO- POSED CONTRACT BETWEEN SAID CITY AND CHARLES WILLIS AND ASSOCIATES, INC.; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE SAID CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF SAID CITY; AND DECLARING AN EFFECT- IVE DATE. Mr. Guerra moved for adoption of the Resolution and Mr. Brown seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Mayor Younger introduced for consideration authorization to request proposals for a Needs Assessment Study for a Police and Fire Facility. Mr. Gonzalez advised the Council the National League of Cities (NLC)