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May 2, 2011
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TECHNOLOGIES BOARD
HELD ON
May 2, 2011
The Regular Session of the TECHNOLOGIES BOARD of The Colony, Texas was called
to order at 6:32 pm on the 2nd of May, 2011 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
Jeff Montgomery present
Andrew Turner present
Stephen Hoffman present
Joye Grube absent
Lyle Snyder absent
Tim Tomlinson absent
Allen Harris, Council Liaison absent
With four out of seven members present a quorum was established and the following
items were discussed.
1.0 Call Meeting to Order: 6:32 P.M.
Meeting called to order at 6:32
1.1 Announcements
None
2.0 DISPOSITION OF MINUTES
Acceptance of Technologies Board Minutes for a meeting held on February 07,
2011.
3.0 CITIZEN INPUT
None
4.0 AGENDA ITEMS
4.1 Discuss city owned fiber optics
Bruce Make, IT Manager, informed the Technology Board he is taking a fiber optics
contract to City Council. Fiber optics will be taken from Page Road to The Colony
Aquatic Center. This includes pulling fiber optics into the Police Department and also
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connects Fire Station 2 and the signal light at Paige and N. Colony. He mentioned they
also have fiber optics at One Harris Plaza, from Witt Drive to the CVB building and into
the Public Works pump station area. IT is now working on bringing fiber optics to the
Blockbuster building. Andrew Turner made a motion to approve the fiber optics
plan. Stephen Hoffman seconded the motion. Motion carries.
4.2 Discuss tablet technology and what the City is currently looking at.
Bruce Maker, IT Manager, introduced three different options for tablet technology
including the Archos, Motorola XOOM and the Apple iPad. The city wants tablet
technology to go more paperless, have the ability to receive information for meetings,
have the ability to make notes, have WiFi capability and have cellular technology. IT
currently has the iPad and Samsung Galaxy in their possession for evaluation. The
Samsung Galaxy is no longer an option because it is too small and doesn't have the
functionality that fits the city's needs. Verizon sent the Motorola XOOM to IT as well for
them to evaluate. The features of both the Motorola XOOM and the Apple iPad were
discussed as well as the pros and cons for each. The meeting concluded with Bruce
Maker, IT Manager, informing the group that he would compile a table of all the features,
pros, cons and cost of both the Motorola ROOM and the Apple iPad and send to the
board for review. Each member of the board would then e-mail any additional features,
pros and cons to be added to the table. The final table would then be distributed to all
members of the board for review. Each board member would then send their final
recommendation, to Bruce Maker, on which device they believe would be best. The
device that receives the most recommendations by the board will be the device that is
recommended to city staff and city council. Both devices, including the features, pros,
cons and cost will also be presented to city staff and city council.
Stephen Hoffman made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
5.0 ADJOURNMENT
With no further business, the meeting adjourned at 7:35 p.m.
APPROVED:
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Bill Swink, Vice-Chair Christie Copling, Recording Secretary
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