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INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
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ATTENDANCE: Larry Manzi, Karen Del Vecchio, David Lepus, Dave Hopp, Mike Yeosock, Hal Alvord, Gerald Foley, Dave Ross., John Georgio, Dave Wrinn, Frank Sarno
Meeting called to order at 3:05 pm.
1. Minutes of November 1, 2006 Meeting: approved.
2. RCC: Status of City Telephone Solution: Received six proposals back yesterday.
Review Committee was set in September. Eleven firms were at prebid meeting.
Meeting will be set up for review committee to discuss and rate proposals.
3. RCC: Status McMahon project Phase 3: Dave Hopp said that wireless is completed
and training needs to be done. Analog ports are ready. Norwalk High will be
done in a few phases.
4. RCC: Status of Cabling Project(s)
a. Fire stations: Dave Lepus said they started the wiring and they are still
at Volk, most of home runs are done. They seem to be on schedule. Dmarc’s
need to be extended so we will need to do a change order. It will be around
1,000 to do all six.
b. Fiber connection between City Hall and Health: Now that John Georgio is
on board we will look into this more.
5. Training : Frank Sarno said that Code enforcement training has been going
on this week. We will be sharing the code database with other departments.
Hal Alvord said this would help with overlap of permitting systems. We need
a central GIS system and a centralized database. The new code system will
have a SQL database and it will replace the old DOS system.
6. Miscellaneous/New Items
a. Cell phones and push-to-talk ; Gerald said working ok, no complaints. We
may go out for RFP to go to one carrier. Hal said they have had great success
with testing nextel, and cingular did not work well.
b. Time and Attendance Systems: There was discussion on what systems to use
and how they will be used, and how employees will punch in.
c. One Coast/One future WiFi : Intent was to provide free internet access
to the public areas. Two sites have been located , Veterans park and Maritime
Aquarium Café. South Norwalk Train station was considered as well as
plaza in front of police station. Money needs to be spent by December 31st
2006.
d. City and Board of Education Dial Tone services renewal prompted by annual
E-RATE form 470 reimbursement filings. Motion: “Authorize the Purchasing Agent
to issue Purchase Order(s) to AT&T extending existing agreement for dial
tone, local & long services for one (1) year, effective July 1 2007 thru
June 30, 2008." Gerald Foley said that to be compliant with Erate we
should extend the existing agreement, the city can extend the agreement for
another year at the existing rates. Frank Sarno moved to approve, Dave Wrinn
seconded, all in favor. None opposed.
e. Board of Education: Multi-media projectors for K-12 schools. Tabled until
next meeting per BoE request.
f. Police Dept: Request for Panasonic Toughbooks off the State Bid to be purchased
form Asset Forfeiture funds for the 7 new police cruisers being currently
outfitted. Motion: “Authorize the purchase of 7 Panasonic Toughbook computers
purchased off the State of CT contract #05ITZ0056 with Telrepco of Wallingford,
CT, for a price not to exceed $24,500.00, account “Asset Forfeiture”, for
installation in 7 new police cruisers.” There is no cost to the city. Frank
Sarno moved to approve, Dave Lepus seconded, all in favor, none-opposed.
g. Police Dept: Upgrade firewall with additional memory required for firmware
upgrade and interface card to support public safety camera project and DSL
to police cruisers. Motion: “Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue a purchase
order to e-Plus Technology of Canton, MA, for Cisco PIX 515E memory and interface
card per quote dated 11/14/06, State of CT contract # CA06ITZ0034 for an amount
not to exceed $744.00, account 010600-5741.” Need to upgrade interface and
more memory. Price is for equipment only. Hal Alvord moved to approve, Dave
Ross seconded, all in favor, none opposed.
7. Consent Calendar
a. Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue a purchase order to Dell Computer
for a replacement Dell 20” flat panel monitor per Dell quotation 326749822
dated 10/30/06 for an amount not to exceed $381.65, account 014030-5258. (DPW
CAD workstation)
Hal Alvord motioned to approve consent calendar, Dave Lepus seconded, all
were in favor, non opposed.
8. For Informational Purposes
a. Next meeting is Wednesday, December 6, 2006 room 101, 3 pm at City Hall
Hal Alvord suggested there be a threshold or criteria for the consent calendar.
Karen suggested that all software go through the committee. Other items that
seem to be out of the ordinary should be put on consent. Routine replacement
items do not have to go on consent.
Frank Sarno introduced John Georgio the new Network Engineer for the IT Department. John reviewed his qualifications and certifications.
Cisco will be giving a demo of IMIX system at police department on December 13, from 10am to 12. It’s a mobile communications command post. Can be used for disasters, events etc…
The meeting adjourned at 4:07 pm
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