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INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY AND TELELCOMMUNICATION COMMITTEE MEETING ACTIONS
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CITY OF NORWALK
ITT COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 16, 2002
ATTENDANCE: Mayor Knopp, Ed Schmidt,
Gerald Foley, John Lindquist, Dave Wrinn, Craig Reichenbach,John
Silbert, Mike Yeosock, Larry Manzi, Stewart Opdahl, Kevin
Poruban, Susan Wallerstein, Dave Lepus
ABSENT: Jack Miller
Mr. Schmidt reviewed the Draft Agenda for October 16, 2002.
Welcome and introductions by Mayor Knopp and John Lindquist. Mr. Lindquist reviewed the organizational issues. Each committee member introduced themselves to the committee.
Mr. Lindquist asked each member of the committee to discuss their current and future needs and problems. There are problems with bandwidth to the schools (users being dropped due to limited bandwidth of the web). New phones systems for several schools, and a new WAN/Fiber solution were discussed by Mr. Reichenback and Mr. Opdahl.
Poor infrastructure, bad or insufficient wiring and bandwidth, support for users, response time, as well as a need for extensive training for all users and support personnel were discussed.
Mayor Knopp recommended Mr. Reichenback provide the committee with a copy
of the response of the consultant for the WAN/Fiber/laser solution they are
currently looking into.
Email was discussed, and it was determined that the same
email system for the entire city(police, boe, fire, etc.) would be advantageous.
Mr. Wrinn stated that he would like to be able to get Internal
Exchange Server access in all police cars, and discussed wiring for the new
police department.
Mr. Yeosock mentioned the Fiber Optic network is underutilized
and GIS should be more widely used by city. Mayor Knopp recommended that Mr.
Yeosock show the committee the fiber layout drawing at a future date.
Mr. Lindquist stated the Stamford is currently using a voice
system that shares common data with the website so users can either call on
a phone, or search the website for answers to their inquiries.
Common specifications for phone systems, PC's, and other
hardware and software were discussed. Ease of maintenance of all systems would
be the result of having common hardware and software throughout the city.
Only one of five stations is linked to fiber at the fire department. The other four stations have only dialup access to city servers. Email is also not throughout the fire department.
Mr. Foley stated that the city has cat-3 running throughout
city hall, and the voice system is in need of replacement. There is a need
to replace the current system.
Mayor Knopp mentioned that the evaluation of police and fire
dispatch will be released soon. He also stated that with the DP Director position
open, we should consider working toward and management structure with an IT
Director.
In closing Mr. Lindquist suggested everyone review the RFP and suggest any adjustments/corrections and send to Gerald Foley to review before the next meeting. The RFP to be reviewed was revision on 10/10/2002. The RFP will be issued on or before 10/30/02.
Mr. Lindquist also suggested that the committee meetings
be held every Wednesday at 3:00 PM in room A-300.
The meeting adjourned at 5:05 PM
Larry Manzi
Recording Secretary
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