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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION DECEMBER 12, 2001 Mr. Tyler Howard, resident of Lino Lakes, stated it would be helpful if the City could put in underground utilities. He said he believed that the City might have to pay for that expense. He requested the City explore that option. Community Development Director Grochala stated that is an option and it will be addressed along with the other issues. SOFTWARE LICENSING EXPENSES, AL ROLEK Finance Director Rolek advised that in May 2000, the City Council approved Resolution No. 00 — 66 designating antenna lease revenue for a number of p + + es. One of the designations was for computer software licensing in the amount o time, staff has completed a comprehensive software inventory fo result of the inventory shows that the City's software licensing n originally anticipated. The total costs to upgrade existing 1 number of licenses needed at this time is about $36,000. shortfall in funding for this purpose. Other items identified in Resolution No. 00 — 66 h savings. Still other items that had been funded are balance from these savings is $20,995. This funding for the City's computer software lic 00. Since that ents. The ater than cquire the total a significant completed at significant necessary. The resulting icient to cover the shortfall in The licensing issue is an important on w d ne e addressed to bring the City into compliance with licensing requirements ° ough the cost is relatively high, it is necessary for the City to complete i `;compliance. Therefore, staff recommends tha q sav'.s realized from other items designated in Resolution No. 00 — 66 be m signa oward computer software licensing. The total designation, including t - ount sign. -d for this purpose previously, would be $36,000. Councilmember Finance Director for all the computer There are approximately 30 workstations. That does not include the laptops. e of the site licenses can be obtained by upgrading. advised the cost includes the upgrading and software and licenses Councilmember O'Donnell asked if staff has looked at concurrent licensing for some of the software. Finance Director Rolek advised staff has looked at that but there are very few products that are not Microsoft. Staff wants to have this taken care of before the end of the year. This item will appear on the regular Council agenda Monday, December 17, 2001, 6:30 p.m.