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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, , Dave Ross., Frank Sarno
Meeting called to order at 3:11 pm.
1. Minutes of September 20, 2006 Meeting: approved.
2. RCC: Status of City Telephone Solution: Karen Del Vecchio said RFP released
for City Hall, Health, Fire. Eleven vendors attended walk-thru, and there
will be a 2nd walk-thru on the 18th. Responses Due back 2nd week of November.
Vendors are sending in their questions. AT&T tested SRST at Police and
it worked fine. Most issues have been resolved. Most of them were configuration
issues.
3. RCC: Status McMahon project Phase 3: Ralph said phones are now working
fine. Things are in order.
4. RCC: Status of Cabling Project(s)
a. Fire stations: Public Safety Committee approved PhoneTel. and its on agenda
at next meeting
b. Fiber connection between City Hall and Health: Fiber goes from Health dept.
then to DPW, then to Data Center. New direct run needs to be done direct to
Data Center. We have proposals from other vendors. Old fiber has dead strands.
5. Training : no update
6. Miscellaneous/New Items
a. Cell phones and push-to-talk ; No update
b. Time and Attendance Systems: Karen Del Vecchio said there is a growing
need for time and attendance system for city hall. Hal Alvord said they have
an old time clock that does not work well. And the system is not efficient.
We are looking at an interface with munis.
c. Assessor replacement server: Current Patriot server is over 4 years out
and has been rebuilt 4 times and approaching end-of-life. Item approved in
IT 06/07 capital budget request. Several hard crashes, new motherboard, power
supplies. Need to replace before it crashes and does not come back up.
7. Consent Calendar: None
8. For Informational Purposes
a. Porfolio of IT Projects: -update on last years projects. Karen provided
list of all Projects, current and on deck, and list of completed projects
in the last year.
b. Telstaff: Status was discussed, $60,000 was requested for system. Implementation
costs and rules creation may exceed the $60,000. Frank Sarno suggested the
the rules configuration be part of the deliverables and built in the cost.
Fire Department needs to be heavily involved in getting software setup. Flowchart
of rules needs to be created. There was concern that the system will not be
able to meet all the criteria of the distinct rules of the police and fire
department. City of White Plains is using the software, someone needs to contact
them for a reference.
c. Blackberries: Server and software ordered. Handhelds will be ordered soon
by purchasing. There was discussion on what provider to use.
Next meeting is Wednesday, October 18, 2006 room 101, City
Hall
The meeting adjourned at 4:04 pm
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