§ 2-5. Telephone services for departments.

(a)

Purpose. It is the purpose of this section to provide central coordination of telephone services for city departments.

(b)

Duties of chief information officer, department of Atlanta Information Management. It shall be the duty of the chief information officer, department of Atlanta Information Management to:

(1)

Ensure the provision of efficient and effective telephone services for all city departments.

(2)

Issue rules and procedures and proscribe forms for use of departments in requesting any changes in telephone service.

(3)

Review, approve, disapprove or modify the requests of any department for changes in telephone services.

(4)

Submit approved requests for changes in telephone services to the chief financial officer, together with cost estimates for installation, ongoing monthly service charges and other costs as appropriate on a timely basis for efficient payment of authorized changes in telephone services.

(5)

Coordinate with the chief financial officer to ensure that the cost of telephone services can be accounted for by the department, bureau, responsibility center and otherwise, consistent with the city's accounting systems.

(c)

Duties of department heads. It shall be the duty of each department head to:

(1)

Submit all requests for changes in telephone services to the chief information officer, department of Atlanta Information Management for approval.

(2)

Cooperate with the chief information officer, department of Atlanta Information Management in complying with this section.

(Code 1977, §§ 5-4051—5-4053; Ord. No. 2007-56(07-O-1899), § 9, 9-24-07; Ord. No. 2018-36(18-O-1479), § 2, 8-29-18 )