04/03/2006 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Search

• • • CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 3, 2006 APPROVED 2 REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 3 4 Item 3C, Offer of Employment to Tim Noll as a Police Officer — Information regarding 5 Mr. Noll's education, background, etc. will be included in the Friday update. 6 7 There were no other changes to the regular agenda. 8 9 SILVERA MEMORIAL 10 11 Chief Pecchia advised the Shawn Silvera Memorial Highway concept is being worked on 12 at the State level. The issues with the proposal include that the proposed roadway is a 13 federal highway and there would have to be exceptions to the Federal Highway 14 Guidelines. The Department of Transportation is testifying against the proposed bill. 15 16 Chief Pecchia stated the Police Department does appreciate the Council's support on this 17 bill. However, the Police Department is requesting that Council members stop discussing 18 this issue and stop making comments about having a City memorial as well. Officer 19 Silvera's family needs to be left alone at this time. Any memorial discussions regarding a 20 memorial at this point are way too premature. 21 22 Chief Pecchia advised the family and the Police Department still have many other issues 23 to deal with such as the upcoming trial. He again requested that Council members stop 24 discussing this issue out of respect for the family and the Police Department. 25 26 Chief Pecchia noted that eventually a City policy should be drafted regarding memorials 27 within the City. He stated again that those discussions are way too premature and would 28 take place at some point in the future. 29 30 VOICE-OVER IP/GENERATOR HOOKUP/ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM 31 32 Public Services Director DeGardner stated the City has been notified by the Centennial 33 School District that they will no longer be able to provide telephone service to the civic 34 complex effective July 15, 2006. 35 36 Staff is recommending that the City convert to a Voice -Over IP system to provide 37 telephone service at the civic complex and public works facility. An IP (Integrated 38 Platform) system allows voice, data, and video to be transmitted over a single network. 39 40 Public Services Director DeGardner advised the estimated project cost is $40,000. The 41 City also has to be prepared to fund up to $10,000 (worst case scenario) for potential 42 outside consultant fees (Berbee). On-going operating/maintenance costs are expected to 43 be approximately $1,925 per month. The City is currently spending $1,525 per month for 44 the operations/maintenance of the existing telephone system. 45 2