City Council
MEETING DATE: 6/13/2018
TITLE:
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Network Infrastructure Upgrade
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FROM:
Tami E. Scott, Administrative Services Director
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the upgrade of the Network Infrastructure in City and Public Safety Buildings.
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BACKGROUND:
In 2006, Council approved the upgrade of the network infrastructure, phone system, and backup power supplies (UPS) for City Hall, Police Department, Fire Department, and Public Work's buildings. The network infrastructure is very critical to the City's operations, which provides communication, access to information, and keeps our Public Safety and City operations running. Currently the City's network infrastructure and phone system are slow, outdated, and End of Life; which means that it is no longer supported by the manufacturer, no more updated software is available, and parts are hard to find. The phone handsets act as a gateway to network access because computers connect to the phone directly. Since our phone handsets are old and have slow connection, the network connection of the computers will also be slow. The latest phone system software is no longer compatible with the majority of the old phone handsets. The backup power supplies for these network devices located in each electrical room no longer work.
In this current technology age, more staff, especially Public Safety, work on data that requires more bandwidth, such as data video uploads and downloads than ever before. Our old network equipment is slow and needs to keep up with today's technology and staffing processes.
DISCUSSION:
All old network equipment in the City and Public Safety buildings will need to be replaced, which includes: switches, routers, wireless access points, and phone systems. This upgrade will ensure our network infrastructure is up-to-date. The new network backbone will have 10GB, which is 10x what we currently have. New UPS will also need to be i...
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