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Mounds View City Council March 13, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 4 Councilmember Flaherty asked what digital signage is. Fire Chief Zikmund stated that the hardware consists of a main reader board sign, a 30-inch LCD monitor, and six televisions linked into that. He explained there will be a control station at the entry point that will provide information on meetings and what is going on in the building, and play any one of a number of videos will be played continuously on fire safety or another topic in the safety arena. He stated there are two conference rooms and training rooms that will be public rooms. He stated the security system is designed to allow the rest of the building to be secure, and yet those rooms to be used. Councilmember Flaherty asked about the flat screen television and noted these are very expensive. Fire Chief Zikmund that there will only be one flat screen television and the rest will be 27-inch Panasonic televisions. Councilmember Flaherty asked if the building will be manned around the clock. Fire Chief Zikmund responded that it will only be staffed during normal working hours during the work week. Councilmember Stigney asked if the particular equipment that the City is looking to purchase has gone out to different bidders and if Tierney Brothers is the low bidder of that group. Fire Chief Zikmund stated yes. • Councilmember Stigney asked if several vendors responded and if it is the lowest price of all that responded. Finance Director Beer stated a multitude of vendors participate in the process. Councilmember Stigney asked if each and every item is detailed in the State bid list or if it is the low bidder for the general category. He asked if the bidder lists all of their equipment along with another bidder to make an exact dollar for dollar bid, or if this is a bidder with a typically lower price for the general category of equipment. Finance Director Beer stated the list is prepared and as an example, it may have 15 types of televisions, and this particular bidder was the low bidder on those 15 types. He stated he did not know if the list had specifically the item the Fire Department is looking for. Councilmember Stigney stated that knowing this fact, he was even more uncomfortable proceeding with this. Finance Director Beer commented that the State Statute reads that it has to be competitively bid at least once, and by participating in the consortium, all items have gone through the competitive bidding process. He stated the State Auditor would not have any issues with this particular purchase. Councilmember Stigney asked if there is an actual list of each item bid by each bidder. Finance Director Beer stated there is not. Mayor Marty stated the proposal appears reasonable, as it is within the project estimates and the budget.