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INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
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MARCH 21, 2007
ATTENDANCE: Karen Del Vecchio, Dave Lepus, Dave Ross, Dave Wrinn, Gerald Foley, John Giorgio, Larry Manzi, Tom Schadlich, Hal Alvord, Kevin Poruban
Meeting called to order at 3:08 pm.
1. March 7, 2007 Meeting: approved.
2. RCC: Status of City Telephone Solution: Karen Del Vecchio said the short
list was addressed at last subcommittee meeting. She reviewed the project
budget, but we don’t have enough to cover the total cost. Talked with Tim
Callahan to explore the option of available grant funds for health department
portion with some paperwork.
3. RCC: Status of Norwalk High Phase 1: There are no updates.
4. Training: Hal said adobe Acrobat training went well and Public Works users
learned a lot. Also Adobe Classes for Legal will be done. Outlook training
in inspector’s office may be done at Fire department. Hal said he needs some
training for acting supervisors.
5. Miscellaneous/New Items
a. Cell phones and push-to-talk: Public Works testing out the new Nextel dual
band phones.
b. One Coast/One Future WiFi Initiative: Karen Del Vecchio reported the Mayor
held a press conference last week. It has only been live for 7 days. Have
not heard any comments or complaints.
c. Norwalk Government Access Broadcast Content Guidelines Policy development:
Easton has a plain English policy and is very well done.
d. Firehouse software upgrade: Dave Ross said we should wait until we get
a copy of version 7 before doing the upgrade.
e. Health Dept clinical and environmental system search. Karen Del Vecchio
said she had reviewed a draft of the RFP and provided her comments to Purchasing.
Timing was critical as the grant for this initiative expires June 30, 2007.
f. Fleet system upgrade: Karen Del Vecchio said the current version used by
Public Works is no longer supported by the manufacturer. The new version is
SQL Server and will run over WAN. Upgrade cost would be around $25,000.00.
Budgeted amount for Fire was $7,300.00. Maintenance will not be available
in the near future. Hal Alvord said they do not want to do the upgrade. They
have identified many packages that will do the same thing. He is waiting for
the new Fleet services manager to start on April 9th before a decision is
made. Shop floor will have desktop computers to enter repair orders as they
do them. Keyboards will need protection covers. Dave Wrinn said that he may
have 2 toughbooks he can give Hal. Kevin Poruban said SBC has system with
interactive service, can get all tech bulletins, receive ticket, inventory,
verify other sites, etc…. Hal said we have that already, but it’s not integrated
with the fleet system. Kevin said he would find out what the system name is
so DPW can review it. Gerald asked if Hal would need help creating an RFP.
g. Active Directory: Karen Del Vecchio said the core switches were approved
by the Finance committee. We are looking at partnership to help in design
and implementation. May put out an invitation to bid. Looking to be done by
the end of June.
h. Blackberry service expansion: Karen Del Vecchio said that she received
a list from Chief McCarthy with 10 people listed and will contact Cingular
for options.
i. Health dept. fiber: Dave Ross said we have not still received a quote from
the third vendor.
6. Consent Calendar
7. For Informational Purposes
a. Next meeting is Wednesday, April 4, 2007, room 101, City Hall
b. Kevin Poruban read a letter from Phylis Bolden asking about community broadband.
Karen Del Vecchio said the City has no funds currently or requested in next
year’s budget to support this.
The meeting adjourned at 3:54 pm
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