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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes • June 9, 1998 Page 5 1 Mary Shea, Public Health Nurse, stated she is only involved in the lead unit. The building 2 inspector generally addresses the asbestos in a home or building. She explained there is a test 3 available at Menards and Home Depot which will check the amount of lead in the home. 4 Cavanaugh questioned the results of soil testing for lead in residential areas. 5 Ms. Shea stated it depends on the location. There currently is testing being done in the City of 6 Minneapolis and the levels are slowly decreasing. She suggested that young children not play in 7 the dirt but play in pea gravel or on the grass. 8. The Council thanked Ms. Hennessy and stated they look forward to working with her. 9 B. Strategic Technology Plan for the City -NETLink International. 10 Art Carruth,NETLink, International, explained he had been contacted by the Finance Director 11 who defined the City's expectations for a strategic technology plan. He then performed a 12 technological assessment(an inventory of hardware and software) and a business assessment 13 (talking with department heads to determine specific needs and what they would like to see 14 implemented in the next 3-5 years). Mr. Carruth called attention to the Executive Summary included in his report which laid out his 4P6 company's methodology. He then noted a diagram of the existing resources on page 6. He 17 stated that the City has made extremely wise purchases with a vision in place. 18 Mr. Carruth then noted a diagram of his recommendations on page 13. This proposal would 19 bring the three-four separate networks togther to utilize the system to its full potential, implement 20 a website, and provide proper training. He recommended that the City use CTV as their Internet 21 server. They will provide free service through 1998, have a good infrastructure and a good staff. 22 A representative of the City would sit on the Board of CTV and would have input into some of 23 the rates. 24 Mr. Carruth noted a spreadsheet which is basically a"shopping list" of items the City will need 25 to purchase for this proposal. The Finance Director is in the process of acquiring bids on the 26 merchandise. NETLink will install the equipment and provide ongoing support to the system 27 and the employees. 28 Thuesen complimented the proposal. He stated the network is crucial as the current system is 29 very fragmented. The proposed upgrades are very cohesive and easily ungradable. The plan is 30 set up to be a skeleton which will technically benefit the City for years to come. Thuesen stated 31 that the training is imperative and noted staff is at various levels of computer experience. He 32 then questioned if it would be more advantageous to utilize outsourcing for the network support or to hire a part-time person for this position.