T29 (24c-1)

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RACINE COUNTY CAPITAL PROJECT REQUEST Package Number:  T29
Capital Type: (Below) Project Title: LEAP SYSTEM REPLACEMENT
X Technology   Project Location: INFORMATION SYSTEMS
  Construction   Project Contact Person: ROB RICHARDSON
  Equipment/Furniture   Department: INFORMATION SYSTEMS Project ID:   
      Has this package been adjusted from prior year submission: (yes or no) no
      If this has been modified please identify where and why.
Scope and Description of Project (What)        
Text Box: The LEAP system is aging. By 2004,  the system will have been installed for six years and in production for over five years.   The systems were sized to hold about five years of data and support the current applications.  This would replace two RS/6000's that currently support the CPLMS (law enforcement and fire records and dispatch) and CJMS (jail management) applications.  These systems provide support for the dispatch and records management for all law enforcement and fire agencies in Racine County.
               
               
               
               
               
               
Justification of Project (Why)          
Text Box: This will be needed to maintain the LEAP system.  Over the next few years we will see at least two more generations of the CPLMS and CJMS applications.  History, as our guide, tells us that each generation will require more processing power and data storage.  The new systems already on the market are exponentially faster than the current systems and have more than ten times the data storage capacity per hard drive.  As the systems age the ongoing maintenance costs, as well as new components, will become increasingly expensive if they are available at all.  
               
               
               
               
               
Alternatives              
Text Box: Expensive  or impossible maintenance on equipment and lack of expansion options.  
               
               
               
               
Impact of not accepting project          
Text Box: Possible system failure.  
               
               
               
               
Budget Summary 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total
Expenses/Detail              
Replace both primary systems     300,000     300,000
Replace network equipment     40,000     40,000
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Revenues/Sources           0
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Net County Cost: 0 0 340,000 0 0 340,000
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Cost of Operating Expenses 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total
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