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INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY AND TELELCOMMUNICATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
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ITT COMMITTEE MINUTES
March 31, 2004
ATTENDANCE:
Gerald Foley, Larry Manzi, Dave Lepus, Frank Sarno, Bob Mcgregor, Craig
Reichenbach, Rick Hayes, Chris Buswell, Tom Schadlich, John Lindquist, Hal
Alvord,
Ed Schmidt, Tom Hamilton, Mike Yeosock, Paula Palermo, Ralph Valenzisi, Kevin
Poruban, Ed Toth
Meeting
was called to order at 1:07 pm
Minutes of March 17, 2004 and March 24, 2004 were reviewed. Larry Manzi moved to approve the minutes and Tom Hamilton seconded. Minutes were unanimously approved with one change to the March 24, 2004 minutes to remove the word “monitor” in the last sentence and replace it with the word “specifications”.
John Lindquist reported that Stamford has just received their approval for Erate funding for 2003-2004. The normal process would provide approval by June or July, but could be delayed up to nine months. Agreement with DBO should provide for contingencies for phased in approach to coincide with USF funding approval.
City MAN status: RCC Updated Corporate Counsel on DBO's revised scope of work. Explained issues regarding sites to be pre-engineered, E-rate concerns, etc. Awaiting response, will try to arrange meeting to discuss with Corporate Counsel on April 5 or 6.
City Telephone System: RFP out, pre-bid April 5 and 6. The following vendors/manufacturers have expressed interest to RCC: Alcatel, NEC, Nortel, Siemens, NextiraOne, and Cisco.
MAN Implementation Proposal: Dollar amount stayed the same, with more detail on the hourly rate showing Steve Manda’s hourly rate.
Police Station Status: Ed Schmidt mentioned that the equipment came in under budget, but by adding the additional dispatch stations the electrical and HVAC needed upgrades. Final proposals for console furniture have been received. RCC submitted recommendation for Bramic console furniture. Pricing was $79,000, well under $100,000 allowance. Additional funds will be spent on dispatch chairs, eight (8) at approximately $1,300 each. Total for furniture will be approximately $90,000. Sent formal request to SBC for costs associated with relocation of 911 equipment and lines to new facility. Anticipate response by end of this week. Will meet with SBC engineers to confirm entrance facilities on April 14.
Brien McMahon Status: Final drawings, revised per Value Engineering effort, have been submitted to Fletcher Thompson. Contacted SBC Outside Plant Engineers regarding relocation of entrance facilities. Will meet with SBC engineers April 14 to confirm SBC's new cable route from street to new demarcation point.
There were three quotes for the remote access RFP. HiLink had the lowest price.
Ed Schmidt moved to approve HiLink, Tom Hamilton seconded, and all were in favor.
Training was discussed and it was decided that it should be put on the Agenda. Training areas available were discussed. The three training areas discussed were the health department, City computer room, and BOE school labs. Also Paula Palermo said she has a list of who received training.
Backup/Recovery has been approved and sent to the corporation council. The vendor can prepare for installing, which will commence upon completion of the contract by corporation council.
The IP addressing subcommittee has not met with DBO yet, they are waiting for the contract from corporation council.
2003
active directory implementation is under review by Rick Hayes. Rick Hayes
will be meeting with Dave Wrinn and Ed Toth to discuss the implementation
plan.
The meeting adjourned at 2 p.m.
Respectfully submitted
Larry Manzi
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