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April 7, 2014
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TECHNOLOGIES BOARD
HELD ON
April 7, 2014
The Regular Session of the TECHNOLOGIES BOARD of The Colony, Texas was called
to order at 6:35 pm on the 7th of April, 2014 at CITY HALL, in the City Managers
Conference Room, City Hall, 6800 MAIN STREET, THE COLONY, TEXAS, with the
following roll call:
Bill Swink present
Stephen Hoffman present
Joye Grube absent
Lyle Snider absent
Juan Martinez present
Kevin Van Winkle absent
Allen Harris present
Council Liaisons
Mayor Joe McCourry absent
Jeff Connelly absent
With four out of seven members present a quorum was established and the following
items were discussed.
1.0 CALL MEETING TO ORDER
Meeting called to order at 6:35
1.1 General announcements
Ted Ringener, IT Manager for the City of The Colony, said that board members
with expiring terms will be contacted by the City Secretary's office to submit
applications.
1.2 Staff announcements
Mr. Ringener said that it is time for the Board to prepare their annual presentation
for the Council. He said the Board needs to get a vision from the Council as to
things that are important to the Council and the direction the Board needs to be
going on their recommendations and research.
1.3 Council announcements
none
2.0 DISPOSITION OF MINUTES
2.1 Acceptance of Technologies Board Minutes for a meeting held on March 3,
2014.
Motion to approve-Harris; second by-Swink; motion passed with all ayes.
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3.0 CITIZEN INPUT
4.0 AGENDA ITEMS
4.1 Receive demo and discuss license plate readers. (Chandler)
Von Linavong with L3 Communications explained to the Board how license plate
readers work and the different types of cameras available. Assistant Chief of
Police Chris Chandler explained to the Board that the request for the demo
actually comes f °om the Court department and not the Police department. He
feels that it is a good product and would benefit their department the funding is
not available and they are in need of new ticket writers which is their highest
priority at this time. Mr. Ringener explained to the Board that they are only
reviewing the Technology for informational purposes as the budget is not
available at this time.
4.2 Review and discuss the need for call boxes in city parks and along city trails.
(Martinez)
Mr. Martinez explained to the Board that he has seen these call boxes in Addison
on their park trails and thought this would be beneficial to our City on the
Shoreline Trail as well as at various parks. The Board felt that this is a great idea
that could be suggested in the future.
5.0 ADJOURNMENT
With no further business, the meeting adjourned at 7:26 p.m.
APPROVED:
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