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i4T~N'LES <br />City Counc~il <br />fapril. 1]., 1984 <br />Lunzer <br />Assessment <br />(Cont:, ) <br />Computer <br />System <br />A~;encla <br />Item No. S <br />OT' .TP1T13R1;S'C ANiI ALSO IVu'CRIICCING <br />T_I-U3M 'IO REVIEFd HOW 'LHF: CI7'Y HAS <br />HANDLrD PRTVIOUS CAS7s'S <br />Th~ forego~i.n~ t'esoluti.on u~as di,il.y second~d by "~.lr. flanson. <br />Ayes (5) Fahey, Hanson, Scalze, Plrzcd~i.n~i, PorsV~erg. <br />\ayes (0)• <br />R~sol~ition declared adoptecl. <br />'Chi> resolution ~ppears ~in Resolut:ion I3ook No. 1.1, Page 1J6. <br />Je;an ,Podomi.ri:iclc of. Context Systems, ~Inc. appcared be£orc the Counci.l. <br />to present Context Sy>tems f.i.ndi.ngs on the City's need Lor ei <br />cornputer sySCC~~m. <br />Podom~i.n~i.dc identi$ied Che various are~is of_ need that the Ci_ty had <br />f:or computeri.zati.on and also ranked Cl~~em by pri.ority. She then <br />poi.nted ouC thaC the City tiad four al.terne~ti.ves for satisfyins; <br />its needs. These wcre 7.. servi.ce bureau wi.th no in-house terrninal; <br />2. .,eevice bureau ~~ith ~n :i.n-house terminal; 3. ~ni.cro-compuCer <br />system; and 4. mi.n~i-computer ,ystem. <br />Podomi.ni.elc presented a neecLs availabi7.ity comparison and point.ed <br />out thar a micro-compuCer ancl a mi.ni-computer woul.cl be able to <br />rneeC all. Che needs thaC she previ.ousl.y identi.fi.ed. <br />Podomini.clc reported Chat iC caas Gontext Systerns reeommendation tkiat <br />the City ~o with a micro-computer wi.Cli t:l~ree Cerminal.s. <br />~Ir. Fahey aslced i.E t:hou~;hC was gi.ven to two terminals and astcecl wha[ <br />Che cost reducCi.on woul.d t~~c i.f tkiat were the case. <br />7?odomirri.ctc a,~+reed thaC two terminals woul.d getthe CiCy by i.ni.tially, <br />buC [e1t that cvi.th word processi.ng there would be tienes whe^ al.l. <br />three t:erminals would be i.n use. <br />It wr.is poi.nted out that there woul.d be a$3,000 to $~t,000 pri.ce <br />reciueti.on wi.th Che el.imi.nat~ion of oi'ie [erminalL Mrs. Sczvlze asiced <br />if it woul.cl be more eostly to acld another t:erm:i.na1 later. 7:t wa, <br />pointe<t out that tl~is was not the case. <br />7'he Audi[or inquired if. the system could be desi.aned so t}.iat an <br />add~iei.onal termin~~1 coul.d be ~zctded later, Podominl.clc replied Chat <br />t.his can be done. <br />Podomi.n:ick poi_nted out t:.hat thE esti_mated ~32,000 Li.r.st-year co,ts <br />would Se if everyth~i.ng wer.e done the f.i.~rst year. Podominick sCated <br />thztt they sug~;est that :i.ni.ti.a ll.y the accounti.ns; systems and word <br />process~in~; be implemented. <br />Podoinini.clc reported that the city can ~et Che besC pri.ce on Che <br />Page -4- <br />