INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

ITT COMMITTEE MINUTES
December 8, 2004

Attendees: Dave Lepus, Tom Schadlich, Gerald Foley, Steve Mandas, Karen Del Vecchio, Rachelle Hayes, Mike Yeosock.

Meeting called to order at 3:07pm.

Minutes from the prior meeting were unanimously accepted with the following amendments:
· The issue regarding the timing of the installation of the MAN and the new telephone system impacts all the fire stations and apparatus maintenance, not just Volk.
· Steve Mandas provided information on the Brien McMahon High School LAN electronics.

Status of Telephone System
The City and AT&T are still resolving differences on the AT&T Statement of Work and Terms and Conditions for the Agreement for the VoIP telephone system and voice mail system. We are working toward a drop-dead date of 12/20 for signing the Agreement.

Karen Del Vecchio received another batch of DID numbers from SBC. These numbers are in the same nxx exchange, but are not continguous. Need to address with RCC how the dialing plan was initially developed.

Status of Construction Projects
AP Construction has an allowance for the new Police Department LAN electronics. The LAN electronics for BMHS will be done as an amendment to the yet-unsigned AT&T VoIP telephone contract.

Steve Mandas will be meeting with Cablevision this week to review the entrance facilities for Cablevision service for BMHS and PD.

The voice mail systems for both BMHS and PD are on the NFCC agenda for tonight.
The LAN electronics for BMHS are on the NFCC agenda for tonight.

Status of MAN project
IT, Legal and DBO met earlier in the day. Contract is close with one issue to be resolved before it can be signed. The intention is to sign the contract Friday provided the issue can be resolved satisfactorily.

Training – no update

Customer Service – no update

Consent Calendar – item unanimously approved. (purchase of 3 Cisco routers for temporary T1 service)


Informational
Tom Schadlich reviewed recent E-rate funding commitments for the Main Library. Tom S. to speak to Tom Hamilton regarding how to handle the reimbursement – check or discount on bills.

Gerald gave a briefing on the expiring WSCA contract with DELL and providing some information on the terms and conditions of the new WSCA contract with DELL. The new contract is more restrictive and does not apply to hand-helds or projectors.

Gerald also gave a briefing on the status of the RFP for 9 Panasonic Toughbooks for the Fire Department Grant. He indicated the State of CT was also in the process of getting bids for the same type of equipment and would be curious to see what the State bid responses look like before the City goes out for bid.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:05 pm.

Respectfully submitted by Karen Del Vecchio

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