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INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
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February 1, 2006
ATTENDANCE: Terry Morris, Karen Del Vecchio, Dave Wrinn, Larry Manzi, Dave
Lepus, Paula Palermo, Chris Buswell, Ralph Valenzisi, Tom Schadlich, Ed Toth,
Tom Hamilton.
Meeting was called to order at 3:08 PM.
The minutes from the January 18th meeting were approved with corrections.
RCC: Status of City Telephone Solution: Karen Del Vecchio said
that she meet with AT&T and reviewed all paperwork. AT&T will now
be able to turn over to SBC at the transition meeting tomorrow.
RCC: Status McMahon project: No update.
RCC: Status of South Norwalk Library project : Construction should be done
by the end of April, and furnished and completed by July.
RCC: Status of Cabling RFP: Terrence Morris said that All phase will be in
tomorrow, mayor has signed the contract, target date to start will be in the
next few weeks.
Status of MAN project : Terrence Morris said the Fire stations
have all cabinets on the walls. They are ready for DBO next week to terminate
the fiber.
Training : Paula Palermo said that she has only one seat left for all six
classes. Office 97, 2000 and 2003 have differences, she will teach 2000.
Customer Service Center – Implementation Status : no update
Miscellaneous/New Items
Cell phones and PTT communications RFI. : Ed Toth said the phones had some
nice features.
MUNIS Version 2004 upgrade project.: Karen Del Vecchio said munis will be here on Feb. 13 to do install on the new server. Then Feb. 20th we will cutover to new server. But we will stay on version 2003. Once tested then we will go to new version 2005 once testing is done.
SBC local/long distance (dial tone services) contract expiring
June 30, 2006. : 3 proposals were in, they were rated. AT&T seemed like
the best choice according to Terry Morris. Deadline for Erate is Feb. 16th,
2006.
NextGen CAD to Firehouse software interface (Combined Dispatch) : Installed
and running fine according to Dave Wrinn.
Telstaff implementation : Conference call on January 20th with Telstaff. They said they have a seamless interface between munis and telstaff. But it seems like this does not exist. Training would be for 1 week in CA. There was discussion on how to handle the training.
Blackberry Service Expansion : Only 7 people will be committed to getting blackberries. So we will not be able to take advantage of the 10 user package.
Norwalk Public Schools request (req # 00650024) of 1/9/06 for the purchase
of 112 Dell PCs and 112 copies of Microsoft Office Pro 2003 for an amount
of $104,913.76, capital account #09045010-5777-C0112.: Ed Toth said these
pc’s will be used to replace old pc’s at McMahon, they will be used for 4
Labs, Library media center and for some administrators. Tom Hamilton asked
if there was money in the construction budget for this. Ed Toth said no. The
goal is to get all the labs refreshed this year. There was discussion of how
BOE was going to pay for this new item. Ed Toth said they have all the funding
for this and the DBO payments. The quote was from a few weeks ago. There was
discussion on the price of equipment. Tom Schadlich moved to approve, Dave
Wrinn seconded, all were in favor and none opposed.
Statement of Services required for obsolete electronic equipment disposal program : Karen Del Vecchio said we have a statement of services and have 3 vendors that will bring back proposals. Tom Hamilton moved to approve statement of services and Dave Wrinn seconded, all were in favor. There was discussion and concern about where the eqiupment would be disposed .
Consent Calendar
Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue purchase orders to the lowest responsible
bidder for 2 Cisco 2950 LAN switches – one to replace the 8 year old failing
switch supporting various City Hall departments and the City Webserver and
one to replace the aging hub at Volk Central which doesn’t support the MAN
– for an amount not to exceed $3,574.08, account 010600-5741 (IT).
Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue a purchase order to Dell computer
for a Dell laptop computer and docking station per Dell quotation 272610833,
dated 1/30/006, for an amount not to exceed $1,895.00 account 011340-5741
(Comptroller).
Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue purchase orders for 7 Dell OptiPlex
GX520 desktop computers and 1 HP 1022N laser printer for the Norwalk Public
Library Teen Room project (Library initiative approved in the 2005/2006 IT
capital budget) for an amount not to exceed $7,700.00, account 09060600-5777-C0375,
and forward to the Finance Committee for further action. : Ed Toth moved to
approve the consent calendar and Dave Lepus seconded, All were in favor and
none opposed.
For Informational Purposes
next meeting is Wednesday, February 15th.
The meeting adjourned at 4:22 pm
respectfully submitted,
Larry Manzi
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