INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

April 19, 2006

ATTENDANCE: Gerald Foley, Peter Berry, Dave Lepus, Frank Sarno, Tom Schadlich, Tom Hamilton, Dave Ross, Ralph Valenzisi

Meeting was called to order at 3:15 PM.

1. Minutes of April 5, 2006: The minutes from the April 5th meeting were approved.

2. RCC: Status of City Telephone Solution:
? ATT has all the information they need for due diligence for library and we are waiting for John to give us the scope of work (SOW).
? Peter discussed last Tuesday’s meeting and the DPW walk through.
? Waiting for the scope of work for Brien McMahon call manager move. John has not completed the scope of work as he scheduled. Discussed going over John’s head. The recommendation is to wait to see how Brien McMahon and library goes.
? Frank will email Karen re:sub out wiring in order to get some activity going.
? Do we have the money for the library? Does this need to be approved by the council? Frank will contact John to get a firm date for sow for call manager move and library.
? Peter will do a walk through of the 4 fire substations to determine cabling needs on Thursday, May 4th.

3. RCC: Status of McMahon project: Peter Berry said they are still working out the punch list items from phase 2. They are planning for phase 3. Call manager needs to be moved.
Question: 1. Acceptance of Telsource as a subcontractor.

4. RCC: Status of South Norwalk Library Project: Discussed battery backup needs for data and telephone equipment. One hour backup for phones is needed. Peter Berry will check with Joe Forren to see if ATT can piggyback off DBO’s UPS. Discussed analog line needs – 1 for burglar, 1 for elevator (Autodialer phone not part of VOID), 2 for fire, 1 for PBX, 2 for fax. 2 POTs lines needed and 1 2 port analog converter. Pay phone for lobby must be ordered by Library personnel (order # 800-982 4432)

5. Status of Cabling project: Frank Sarno said we accepted the revised change order quote from All Phase (slightly over $2000) to move the IDF from the basement to the first floor. Also that we contacted other cabling contractors for the City Hall to Health Department fiber run (this includes the distance from the original basement IDF to the first floor IDF) but have not yet received those quotes.

6. Status of MAN: Frank said Joe Forren would be implementing the hot cut of the inner ring next Wednesday and Thursday (4-26 & 27). Dave Lepus said that all PC’s at Volk are on the MAN. Ralph said that at least 10 schools are now on the MAN. Peter will do a walk through of the 4 fire substations to determine cabling needs on Thursday, May 4th.

7. Training: Paula not here.

8. Customer Service Center: Crystal Reporting class next week conducted by Azteca. Tom brought up the danger of bringing down MUNIS if some one connects to the MUNIS database and creates a report in Crystal that crashes MUNIS. Can we determine who gets access. Frank to look into limiting access of Crystal Reports users.

9. Miscellaneous / New:

a. Frank migrated same version of MUNIS onto new server
b. Trend micro approval Virus, content filtering, Tom H. moved, Tom S. seconded, approved
c. GIS to come out of next year’s budget.
d. Frank said DBO analysis of internal switching gear needed, new IP Address scheme, and asking about Library connection would begin next week or week after.
e. Discussed single vendor quote. In this case as the main Library already uses the Pharos system and the staff has no reason to change systems the Library could proceed.

10. Consent Calendar:

11. For Informational Purposes:
The next meeting with be May 3rd, 2006 at 3pm

The meeting adjourned at 4:25 pm
respectfully submitted,
David Ross

 

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