INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

June 21, 2006

ATTENDANCE: Larry Manzi, Dave Lepus, Mike Dolhancryk, Karen Del Vecchio, Ralph Valenzisi, Dave Wrinn, Dave Ross, Dave Hopp, Paula Palermo, Tom Schadlich.

Meeting was called to order at 3:05 PM.

The minutes from the June 7, 2006 meeting were approved.

Status of Telephone Solution: The call manager move from BMHS to Police was completed but took all day and there were a lot of issues. Testing was not completed from our point of view. AT&T needs to finish phase 3 at McMahon. Firewall for McMahon will be shipped to us.

RCC: Status of McMahon project: Dave Hopp said there is a question of if there are enough drops for all the phones. He has other equipment however, than can be utilized for the data only portion.

Status of South Norwalk Library Project: Phone equipment has been ordered and they are trying to make an early July opening date.

Status of cabling project: Drawings will be sent out to be processed so they are ready to go out with the RFP. Fire station cabling project will be a stand-alone RFP. Cabling project should be done by the end of June. They are punching down now. All runs are done.

Training: Training for Council members upcoming for remote email access. Seems to be an issue with remote email access.

Miscellaneous / New:
a. MUNIS Version 2005.01 upgrade project is now Version 2005.2 upgrade: Karen Del Vecchio said munis now has bug fix 2005.02, and cutover date is August 9th, 2006. Date was moved for tax collection purposes. Training will be coming up in July.

b. Technical correction to the prior action of 5/17/2006 amending the not to exceed figure from $5,50000 to $5,600.00 due to a required piece of software missing from the original project estimate: Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue purchase orders to the most competitive responsible vendor for SQL Server license and CALs and Windows 2003 license and Connector CALs for the replacement norwalkct.org webserver for an amount not to exceed $5,600.00, account 010600-5245. Dave Wrinn motioned to approve, Dave Lepus seconded, all in favor.

c. Authorize the purchasing Agent to issue purchase orders to Dell Computer for the purchase of 10 Dell PC workstations for the Norwalk Police Department (Marine Unit, Gang Task Force, Animal Control) for an amount not to exceed $13,000.00 per Dell Quotation 294519735 dated 5/17/2006, account TBD, pending availability of funds. Mike Dolhancryk moved to approve, Paula Palermo seconded with all in favor.

d. Network Infrastructure analysis. No Update.
e. Telestaff status? Mike Dolhancryk said the final price came in at $61,000 and it was approved by the Council and the contract is under development with the City’s law department. Once approved by legal we will have to see how it is setup and works with our rules and regulations. PO must be issued by September 30th 2006. Travel for training is not included.
f. Presentation by Neil Osborne, Account Executive - MI, MA and CT Dell State & Local Business: The Dell reps Neil Osborne and Christa Winterbottom gave information and answered questions on Dell printers, semi-tough books, laptops, desktops, servers and pricing. A trial server will be given to Dave Ross and a printer to Dave Wrinn.

Consent Calendar
a) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue a purchase order to Dell Computer for the purchase of One (1) Dell 1200MP Projector for an amount not to exceed $700.00, account 013310-5263.

b) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue a purchase order to Faxback Inc for Net Satisfaction Fax Hardware upgrade for an amount not to exceed $1,650.00, account 011361-5742.


c) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue a purchase orders to the most competitive responsible vendor for the purchase of WebSense Enterprise software and monthly subscription service for an amount not to exceed $9,990.00, account 010600-5245.

d) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue a purchase order to Innovative Interfaces Inc., (III) for the purchase of 5 III Millennium Staff user licenses for the South Norwalk Library for an amount not to exceed $6250.00, account 09070600-5777-C0375 with the balance to come from the Library board funds, and forward such action onto the Finance Committee for further approval. This item was approved in the IT 2006/2007 capital budget and does not require any special appropriation.

e) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue a purchase order to Advanced Corporate Networking for technical remediation services for the Police Department telephone system for an amount not to exceed $9000.00, account 010600-5245


f) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue a purchase order to Advanced Corporate Networking for support services for the Police Department telephone system for a block of 40 support hours in an amount not to exceed $6,000 account 010600-5269.

Mike Dolhancryk motioned to approve the consent calendar, Paula Palermo seconded, all were in favor and none opposed.


For Informational Purposes
Mike Dolhancryk requested a laptop for the new grants coordinator, with the funding coming from his budget.
Dave Lepus asked for an old PC at station 1 so it can be patched into fiber in the basement.
We will not be meeting next week, and the next meeting with is July 5, 2006 at 3pm

The meeting adjourned at 4:40 PM
respectfully submitted,
Larry Manzi

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