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A'tT~U'ITS <br />Ci.ty Cotancil <br />Nov. :10, 1.~83 <br />Computer M~r. Snyder stat~d Che~t A4,anageincnt Advi.sors oroposes to ~io four thi.ngs <br />Syst.etu £or the C:tt:y: <br />Define your irif~oemaCion re.qu~i.reinents; <br />?_. '(dent~i-ty and eval~.iate Che v~~r~i_ous 2lternati.ves t:o satisfy~_nQ <br />those requir~m~nts; <br />3. Sel.ect: tlle suppl:Le:e besC suiCed for meetinn Ci.ty's neecls; <br />4. GonverC from exi-stina system to the new sqstem. <br />Nirs. Scalz~ asl<ed what: othercit~ies Managernent Advisors has e~orlcE>.d <br />for. N[r. Sri}~der repl~i.ed that hi.s fi.rm -Cs worlcing present:ly wi.ti~i <br />Inver Grove t{ei~hts, F3~iffalo and rdorth:i.n~ton. <br />A1r.. l~tihey asked Y,or an cst~imat.i.on oL I~ioco much a system caould cost. <br />i•4r. Snyder repl.iccl f:hat it woulcl vary with Cl1e amount of sofCcaare <br />and util.ity accounts, }~tat smaller ci.tl.es with a 2,500 to 7,SC0 <br />ponulat.~i_on would run f:rom y;40,000 to '560,000, <br />h[r< P'ahey a;lce~ i.£ a syst<:rn woul.d re>ul.C in ai reduction of off~i_ce <br />st~ff. ?4r. Snycler commented thaL small cit~,i.es usuall.y o~e~rate wiCh <br />a l~ari staff. ancl felt t:hat the system would avoi.d the hirinf~ of. <br />arlc,li_tional. st:a[f.. ~ <br />rvlrs. Scalzc aslcec] what Cyne of progx~~mmi.ng =.voulc,1 ~e needed, Sealze <br />fel.t the C~i.ty >hould have somconF inhouse reither th.in hav~i.ng to <br />contr~ct wi.t:ki a programmec, :~Ir. Snyder replied t}iat t_hc <;i.t:y t,ooul.d <br />Z~urchase Che majority of the standard programmi.n~;. inyder. stated <br />tl~at 1'~e woul.d ai1.so r,ecommencl that thc City have a daCa retrievel <br />Cool. that anyone of. the staff coul.d use. <br />P~[r. VoCO st~ited that the Ci.Cy .~ould have bas~i.c progcams that i_t <br />zoould not cl~ian,~;e an~J the ak>iLit~ to retri_eve ~inEormflt:i_on. Voto <br />stated t11aC :iri ni.s of,f.:i.ce the comnuter has increased tl~ie procluct~iviCy <br />of his sCaEE. <br />?4ra. Scal.ze asi<ee what the oCher ciCies -i.n the area ticc doing. <br />~fr. Voto renl.i-ed that North St. Pai.il i~as a combinaCion o~ in-hou,c <br />and service burEau. Voto stated t_hat most ot:her cit.i.es usc a <br />service bi.ireaiz, Voto pointed ouC Chat cai.th an in-house computer, <br />the City could al.so llave cvord processi.ng. <br />s~(rs. Nardini. cominented that thc City shoulr,l purci~iase a computer tl~at <br />caoul<t have the c~pac~i.ty for the C~.LCy i_n a fiilly d~~~veloped state. ~ir, <br />;?~,~rsberg poi.nted out th.at tl~e Ci.t~~'s ma~:~.imum c~pac:ity i.s 7.2,500. <br />',"Ir. Voto comrnent:ecl that thc City can bi,iy that much capacity and <br />adcl to Ch~~ capactey of, the computer. Voto sTated thaG the C~iCy woul.d <br />warit 1 system Ghat woul.d serve Coday', xi<a~ds 1nd a few y<~~ars oi.it, buc <br />have. the ca~aci_ty Co dot.ibte or tri.p7.e< <br />page _...g,_ <br />