INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TELELCOMMUNICATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

ITT COMMITTEE MINUTES

March 24, 2004

                                               

ATTENDANCE:        Gerald Foley, Larry Manzi, Dave Lepus, Frank Sarno,  Bob Mcgregor, Craig Reichenbach,  David Wrinn, Chris Buswell, Peter Berry, Ed Schmidt, Tom Hamilton,  Mike Yeosock, Paula Palermo, Ralph Valenzisi, Kevin Poruban.        

Meeting was called to order at 1:20 pm

Ralph Valenzisi introduced himself and said he will be joining the committee for future
meetings , he is the replacement for Sandra Richardson (BOE).
His Email address is ralphv@norwalkpublicschools.net

Minutes of March 17, 2004 and March 24, 2004 will be reviewed at next weeks meeting.

Peter Berry reviewed the City Telephony RFP Status. Peter said that the final changes were made to the RFP and Exhibits. Gerald will review the changes and said it will go in the paper tomorrow. There was a short discussion on how to handle the walk-thru of vendors.

Peter Berry met with DBO to discuss the status of the MAN. DBO submitted a scope of work.
Ed Schmidt recommended letting the law department handle the contract.

Peter Berry gave status report of the Police Station and McMahon. For Police: Transition plan needs to be worked out. PO is out and will consolidate the phones (911 and Admin.). Design work is near completion. Ed Schmidt said the design of the workstations will enforce a paperless environment and will make the operators enter all data into the system and will not give them an option of writing it down. All dispatchers will be civilians and will be certified.

For McMahon: Revisions were completed and we are in the implementation support phase.Peter Berry left the room. The committee reviewed the proposal from RCC to assist in the implementation of the MAN. The scope of work and pricing were included witha reallocation of hours. Chris Buswell asked who is responsible for the tasks in the scope of work,and if it was possible we could get a lower hourly rate for the person providing the service. Craig moved to approve the proposal, Paula 2nded and there was a unanimous approval by all.

There were two quotes for the remote access RFP from HiLink and Adaptive Communications. Gerald Foley said we need to get a third quote. It was not clear if the HiLink price included the year of support. There was also a question of if there will be any bandwidth issues. It was also noted that Adaptive Communications offered 24/7 support, where HiLink offered 12/5 support.
This item was tabled until next weeks meeting.

The  BOE and DPW items were also tabled. Craig stated that Stuart O. had questions about DPW purchase request about the prices and monitor size.

These items will be discussed when they are back on the agenda.

The meeting adjourned at 2:30 p.m.

Respectfully submitted
Larry Manzi

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