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INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
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MAY 2, 2007
ATTENDANCE: Karen Del Vecchio, Dave Lepus, Dave Wrinn, Dave Ross, Gerald Foley, Larry Manzi , Frank Sarno, Tom Hamilton, Dave Hopp, Mike Yeosock, Tom Schladich
Meeting called to order at 3:08 pm.
1. April 18th Meeting Minutes: approved.
2. RCC: Status of City Telephone Solution update from RFP review panel: Karen
Del Vecchio asked for and received confirmation that the Committee has accepted
the RFP Evaluation Committee’s recommendation that the telephone system award
be made to Total Communications. said that she hopes to have the project on
the Finance committee agenda for May 10th. BOE will contribute $25,000 towards
project. Health Dept. will be using around $50,000 in grant money to fund
their portion, however, Heath is still waiting for feedback on approval for
spending grant money on this project. Tom Hamilton suggested the IT budget
capital account might be able to fund this. Karen Del Vecchio said that IT
has active directory and power for data center capital budget funds committed.
Dave Wrinn said he is having problems with conference calls etc…. He will
have John Georgio look at it when he gets back from training.
3. RCC: Status of Norwalk High Phase 1: no updates
4. Training: Public works wants a day of training. Four sessions in May. Bill
Perkins of Fire department will be trained and he will train the fire fighters.
5. Miscellaneous/New Items
a. Cell phones and push-to-talk: no update
b. Norwalk Government Access Broadcast Content Guidelines Policy development:
no update
c. Firehouse software upgrade: Dave Ross said he is running into a few problems
but it is installed. Upgrade from Foxpro to SQL.
d. Health Dept clinical and environmental system search. Gerald Foley confirmed
the RFP was released.
e. Active Directory: Dave Ross said we are implementing Department by Department
change over of IP addresses and cutover to new wiring. Munis IP change will
require every Munis user’s pc to be changed manually. A quarter of Public
works will be done on Friday morning. Users should see faster connection to
internet and network. The State of Connecticut is considering signing a new
discount agreement with Microsoft, so Norwalk is postponing ordering new software
licenses until the new State discount structure is know. Tom Hamilton said
we should have a project plan distributed. Dave Ross said it may be finished
by the end of July.
f. Blackberry service expansion: Karen Del Vecchio said that she received
10 Blackberry handheld devices from Cingular and Cingular will provide ½
day of hands on training. Meeting tomorrow to discuss deployment plan. Dave
Lepus asked if anyone from Fire would go to training. Karen said it is mandatory
that everyone who receives a blackberry attends training.
g. Library Administrative Wiring Project: Tom Schladich said the project was
done and everything worked out well.
h. DPW lease copier/scanner: Current model is dead, it is for DPW garage.
RFP will be created. Printer does plotting and scanning.
6. Consent Calendar
a. Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue a purchase order to Telrepco of
Wallingford for the purchase of 10 Panasonic Toughbooks, model CF-30, for
installation in new police cruisers, for an amount not to exceed $35,885.00,
State of Connecticut contract #07ITZ0013, account 0300-002660 (Asset Forfeiture).
b. Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue a purchase order to Dell Computer
for the purchase of eight 19” monitors for the Comptroller’s Office for an
amount not to exceed $1,965.20, account 011340-5741.(Comptroller)
c. Authorize the Purchasing agent to issue purchase orders for a flat-bed
scanner and necessary software for the Comptroller’s office for an amount
not to exceed $1,260.00, accounts 011340-5471 (equipment) and 011340-5742
(software). (Comptroller W-9 vendor initiative)
Tom Schladich motioned to move consent calendar, Dave Lepus seconded, all
were in favor, no abstentions or opposed.
7. For Informational Purposes
a. Next meeting is Wednesday, May 16th, 2007, room 101, City Hall
The meeting adjourned at 3:50 pm
respectfully Submitted,
Larry Manzi
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