HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/02/2015 TECHMINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TECHNOLOGIES BOARD
HELD ON
February 2, 2015
The Regular Session of the TECHNOLOGIES BOARD of The Colony, Texas was called
to order at 6:33 pm on the 2nd of February, 2015 at CITY HALL, in the City Managers
Conference Room, City I -NJ, 6800 MAIN STREET, THE COLONY, TEXAS, with the
following roll call:
Bill Swink
present
Stephen Hoffman
present
Joye Grube
present
Joe Zacha
absent
Juan Martinez
present
Roger Morehouse
present
Nicole Love
present
Council Liaison
Mayor Joe McCourry absent
Kirk Mikulec absent
With Six out of Seven members present a quorum was established and the following
items were discussed.
� 1.0 � CALL MEETING TO ORDER I
1.1 General announcements
Mr. Ringener handed out the invitations to the Annual Board Member
Appreciation Banquet.
1.2 Staff announce ments
Mr. Ringener reviewed some qf'the progress that Farr Systems has made in their
effort to create an IT Services catalog.
1.3 Council announcements
None
2.0 DISPOSITION OF MINUTES
2.1 Acceptance of Technologies Board Minutes for a meeting held on December
2, 201.4..
Motion to approve - Grube; second by - Swink; motion passed with all ayes,
� 3.0 1 CITIZEN INPUT
None
4.1 Introduce and greet new board members. (Board)
New board members Roger Morehouse and Nicole Love introduce
themselves and gave a brief overview of their background in technology. Mr.
Martinez suggested that the other board members also introduce themselves so
that Mr, Morehouse and Mrs. Love would have a since of their backgrounds as
well.
4.2 Review IBM's Smart Cities Challenge grant program. Discuss and make
recommendation to council for possible projects to submit for grant review.
(Martinez)
Mr, Martinez provided and overview of IBM's grant program to the board. Mrs.
Grube asked what type of'projects the board would consider submitting for this
grant. Mr. Huffman asked if Mr. Martinez knew how much the grants were worth.
Mrs. Love asked if the IBM equipment was going to be required if awarded the
grant. As the grant program submittal deadline is, in the next month or two it was
decided that the board keep this grant on their scope for applying next year if
IBM continues this grant program. Board decided to hold off on any
recommendations to council at this time,
4.3 Board to provide direction to staff regarding future agenda items. (Board)
Mr. Morehouse asked for an overview of the city's IT infrastructure at the next
meeting.
5.0 ADJOURNMENT
With no further boiness, the meeting adjourned at 6:59 p.m.
0910-1619-vi"I
Juan Mhrtinei, Chairman
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Betty Par�11 in, Recordinj Secretary
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