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Assignment of Hansen Software Licenses from the City of Wichita to Sedgwick County.
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Beginning in 2009, the City of Wichita purchased Hansen software licenses and related support for the utilization of its code enforcement staff and related departments that overlap into code enforcement operations. The Hansen software is utilized for a variety of activities, including but not limited to the following: (1) contractors pulling permits for jobs to complete; (2) scheduling, completing, and keeping records for any code enforcement staff inspections; (3) arrangement of payments made by contractors for said permits; (4) maintenance and tracking of contractors' licensing, insurance, and continuing education credits; and (5) sending reminders to contractors and code enforcement staff when an end-date for permit completion is near.
Subsequent to the original purchase in 2009, the City purchased additional Hansen software licenses. The total purchase price for these licenses exceeded $944,000. Effective on the 1st day of January, 2013, the MABCD was formed, combining code enforcement operations for the City and the County. As a part of that merger, the County ceased using its previous software program that performed some of the same services as those offered by Hansen, and began utilizing Hansen software.
As the merger evolves and city employees are replaced with county employees, it is necessary that Sedgwick County take over being the "licensee" for this software. This license transfer will enable MABCD to migrate to one IT and budgetary system when it moves into a consolidated facility later in 2015. Infor, the vendor of the Hansen software program, has indicated that in order for the County to continue to use Hansen and/or to take ownership of the licenses that had been purchased by the City, an assignment of said licenses would be required. The proposed agreements would transfer almost all of the Hansen licenses that the City has purchased s...
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