HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/04/2015 TECH MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TECHNOLOGIES BOARD
HELD ON
MAY 4,2015
The Regular Session of the TECHNOLOGIES BOARD of The Colony, Texas was called
to order at 6:37 pm on the 4th of May, 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 present
Joye Grube present
Joe Zacha absent
Juan Martinez absent
Roger Morehouse absent
Nicole Love present
Council Liaison
Mayor Joe McCourry absent
Kirk Mikulec absent
With Four 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
Brant Shallenburger updated the board on the progress of the RFP for IT Services
that is being generated by Farr Systems. He stated that the RFP was scheduled to be
posted on May 8th and that the submittals will be brought to the board at the July 6th
meeting.
1.2 Staff announcements
none
1.3 Council announcements
none
2.0 DISPOSITION OF MINUTES
2.1 Acceptance of Technologies Board Minutes for a meeting held on March 2,
2015.
Motion to approve -Hoffman; second by-Swink; motion passed with all ayes.
3.0 CITIZEN INPUT
None
4.0 AGENDA ITEMS
4.1 Receive presentation from Time Warner Cable on their public WiFi
initiative. (TWC Rep)
Mr. Jason Bryan from Time Warner Cable presented the company's public WiFi
initiative to the board explaining that they are partnering with local governments
to build public WiFi hotspots. The access will be provided at no cost to current
TWC, Comcast, Bright House, Cox Communications, Optimum and Xfinity
internet customers. All others will receive 1 hour free daily and can purchase
additional time as needed.
Mrs. Grube asked if there was any cost to the city and Mr. Bryan stated that the
only cost to the city would be to allow access to city facilities and power as
needed by the network design. Mr. Hoffman asked about connectivity at Stewart's
Creek Park for major events, Mr. Bryan stated that mobile devices could be
brought out to provide access for these events.
The board asked Mr. Ringener to work with Mr. Bryan to obtain Time Warner
Cable's standard public WiFi contract for review and to move forward toward a
presentation to council.
4.2 Board to provide direction to staff regarding future agenda items. (Board)
No items were presented for future agendas.
5.0 ADJOURNMENT
With no further siness,the meeting adjourned at 7:10 p.m.
APPROVED:
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Juan Martinez, Chairman Betty Pa in, Recordin: Secretary
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