HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/02/2015 TECH MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TECHNOLOGIES BOARD
HELD ON
MARCH 2,2015
The Regular Session of the TECHNOLOGIES BOARD of The Colony, Texas was called
to order at 6:31 pm on the 2nd of February, 2015 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 absent
Joye Grube present
Joe Zacha present
Juan Martinez present
Roger Morehouse present
Nicole Love present
Council Liaison
Mayor Joe McCourry present
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
1.1 General announcements
none
1.2 Staff announcements
The new projectors have been installed in the Council Chambers. A reminder was
given that the Board banquet will be March 5th.
1.3 Council announcements
none
2.0 DISPOSITION OF MINUTES
2.1 Acceptance of Technologies Board Minutes for a meeting held on February
2,2015.
Motion to approve -Martin; second by-Swink; motion passed with all ayes.
3.0 CITIZEN INPUT
None
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4.0 AGENDA ITEMS
4.1 Receive presentation from Farr Systems on IT services catalog they have
created for the city. (Farr Systems)
Brant Shallenburger introduced Farr Systems and said they have their
recommendations for the City complete. Farr systems gave a presentation of the
method used and the research they did during this process. They also stated their
recommendations to the City and their recommendations in regards to the RFP.
Board member Morehouse asked if the Board will have input into the RFP
process. Mayor McCourry said the Board will have input into the process. Mr.
Shallenburger said this will be presented to Council on March 3'd so they would
need to send their input by close of business that day in order for the Council to
see their recommendation.
4.2 Staff to give board an overview of the current infrastructure of the city.
(Ringener)
Ted Ringener explained the role of the IT department, which departments they
support and what services they offer to those departments. Mr. Ringener went on
to explain the equipment the department supports and the infrastructure currently
in place.
4.3 Presentation from staff on the departments 5 year capital plan. (Ringener)
Mr. Ringener provided a copy of the capital plan to the board and outlined the
reasoning behind the list.
4.4 Board to provide direction to staff regarding future agenda items. (Board)
It was explained to the board that any item they would like on the agenda they
should send to Ted Ringener or Brant Shallenburger.
5.0 ADJOURNMENT
With no further business,the meeting adjourned at 9:08 p.m.
APPROVED:
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