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City ofC<lIlI<>vilIe Council Meeting Minutes lune \2,2002 6. Computer Bids <Lams. RK7. & PC Solutions) Council Member Nelson indicated she had a personal conflict with this topic and excused herself from the room Jason Nelson from RK7 introduced himself and indicated he was present to answer any questions Council Members may have. Mayor Swedberg asked what the needs of the City were. Mr. Nelson indicated he felt the needs ofthe City were quite simple and, although he did not think it was necessary to go with a server, it was a good idea. He then indicated the operating systems for the workstations and server are secure and he thinks this will be a very standard system with nothing special or complicated. Mayor Swedberg asked if the City would need a systems administrator to run it. Mr. Nelson indicated the server would not be used as a workstation as its role will be to distribute files and to run security. He then said that the server should take care of itself and said the City may wish to purchase additional software if it intends to allow modem activity on the server. Mayor Swedberg asked if the City needed to worry about modem use of City files. Mr. Nelson indicated the City would not need to worry as this is a completely internal system Mayor Swedberg asked if a mirror drive was needed. Mr. Nelson said he did not think it was necessary. Mayor Swedberg commented that the majority of data that the City has is its accounting data. Ms. Moore-Sykes said if payroll, budget and utility billing are included accounting data accounts for the largest portion, Mayor Swedberg asked how much wordprocessing data the City had. Ms. Moore-Sykes indicated there was substantial wordprocessing data since the City keeps its Ordinances on the computer. Mayor Swedberg commented that the issues are with the accounting computers and asked how old the existing computers were. Page 10 of23