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INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
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ATTENDANCE: Larry Manzi, Karen Del Vecchio, David Lepus, Tom Schadlich, Ralph Valenzisi, David Wrinn, Gerald Foley, Dave Ross, Kevin Poruban
Meeting called to order at 3:05 pm.
1. Minutes of September 6, 2006 Meeting: approved.
2. RCC: Status of City Telephone Solution: Karen Del Vecchio said the RFP
went out last night and calls are coming in. Pre-bid conference is next Tuesday
at 9:30 am in room 101. Responses need to be back by October 17, 2006. There
was discussion of AT&T issues.
3. RCC: Status McMahon project Phase 3: Ralph said networking issues are taking
care of with phones. Wireless is still not installed, but CAN will help with
installation. Waiting to hear back from vendor for video distribution system
problem.
4. RCC: Status of Cabling Project(s)
a. Fire stations: References came back positive for Phonetel inc. Gerald Foley
said it can be done on a Purchase Order.
· Motion followed: 1A. Karen Del Vecchio made a motion to authorize
the purchasing agent to issue a P.O. to PhoneTel Inc. of Wallingford CT for
the supply and installation of voice and data cabling at each fire station
and the fire maintenance facility pre specification of the City RFP 2410,
for an amount not to exceed $16,686.24, account 09003110-5777-C0169. 1B. Authorize
the director of Information Technology to issue a change order on P.O. not
to exceed $1,600.00. Kevin Poruban motioned to approve, Dave Lepus seconded,
all were in favor
5. Training
Karen said Paula is working up some classes for September. Paula will do customized
training for Law dept in Adobe.
6. Miscellaneous/New Items
a. Network Infrastructure analysis
b. Cell phones and push-to-talk; Gerald Foley contacted Cingular and service
has been activated. He is testing now. BOE, City and Police all have different
cell service. There was discussion on the different services, support and
coverage.
c. Report on grounding analysis of Board of Education and City data centers:
Kevin Poruban said there is no grounding system in either data center. He
suggested installing a grounding system that ties into both centers with a
master ground bar installed in the basement area. Then run a vertical cable
up to each floor with a floor ground bar connected. It can be very expensive.
Should be tied into a commercial UPS for both data centers.
d. Cable Channel 79 broadcasts – need content! : Karen said that the Channel
79 Gov. channel is up and running, we need content from other departments.
Ralph said he had documentaries.
e. Old electronic media disposition - Karen will contact the State Librarian
to see if we can dispose of them.
7. Consent Calendar: All items moved by Dave Lepus and seconded by Tom Schadlich
and approved, none opposed.
a. Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issues purchase orders for the purchase,
installation and programming of Cisco LAN equipment for City Hall (core) and
the Public Works Campus off the State of Connecticut contract #CA06ITZ0034
(Cisco equipment) per City IT specification for an amount not to exceed $120,335.00,
accounts 09070600-5777-C0375, 09041361-5777-C0286, and 09050600-5777-C0286.
8. For Informational Purposes
Ralph said we have 8 different phone systems in the schools. The Ponus telephone
system goes down all the time. He wants to bring them into the City Wide Cisco
call manager. Ponus should be three switches. Eventually he wants to do the
same for the other schools. It is urgent that they get Ponus up and running
ASAP.
Kevin Poruban said that he should present to the Land Use meeting tomorrow.
Motion: to authorize Ralph V. to replace failing phone system at Ponus Middle
School, with City standard phone system for an amount not to exceed $45,000.00,
provided no special appropriation is required. All were in favor. None opposed.
Next meeting is Wednesday, October 4, room 101, City Hall
The meeting adjourned at 4:44 pm
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