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6 II. Department Divisions <br />2014 Annual Report · Public Works Department · St. Anthony Village, Minnesota <br />Establishment of a City-owned Utility – Lease vs Own <br />Franchise Agreement Uncertainty – As Staff has been working through franchise agreement negotiations <br />with Comcast, the possibility has been discussed that the continued use of the I-NET network would no <br />longer be at “no cost”. <br />This possible new cost is anticipated to be approximately $5,900 per month or $70,800 annually for the <br />Liquor Operation and City Hall. <br />Expanded Technological Capacity <br />Fiber optics networks offer superior for bandwidth, reliability, resiliency and security to meet the every <br />growing demand for higher bandwidth services and to extend services further. And since fi ber optics <br />is non-metallic, it is not subject to interference from radio or electromagnetic interference making it far <br />more reliable and secure than copper or wireless transmission. <br />Creation of this dedicated network would allow for the expansion of capabilities that are not available <br />using Metro-INET. For example: <br />Liquor Inventory Management – Each store maintains a separate point of sale system and local database <br />of store inventory. Data synchronization is conducted in the overnight hours because of the limited <br />bandwidth on the T1 circuit at <br /> ·Silver Lake Village. With high-speed, secured data connectivity directly between the two stores the <br />inventory system would be synchronized in real-time. <br /> ·Real – Time Video Security System Access – Currently each liquor store operates a separate video <br />security system with local storage of the captured video. This could be consolidated into a single <br />network based solution. Security video would also be available in real-time to the police department <br />both in the building and from police mobile units. <br />Other Engineering projects include: <br /> · Addressing regional fl ooding in residential areas <br /> · Continuing work on planning LED street light and public building lighting projects throughout <br />the City <br /> · Completing a fi nal report for Mirror Lake dredging and structure replacement project