ORDER-2015-176 : Requesting a $50,000 Appropriation for Technology Replacement/Repair

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▶ 1:30:51 Peter D. Mortimer: Bottom line from Alderman Boycelle, duly seconded by Alderman Lemmerman. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed, hearing none, this budget will be recommended to the full board. We also have an order for Mr. Pezos tonight. 2015-176, requesting a $50,000 appropriation for technology replacement repair. Would you like to speak on that before we proceed to questions and perhaps a motion?

▶ 1:31:19 Speaker 12: Yes, thank you. So last April, we had quite a bit of damage to some electrical equipment, both in the middle school and at the Lincoln School. There's electrical damage to a phone system, a voicemail system, a couple of servers, some other computer equipment, and some switching equipment. We quickly tried to replace a lot of this equipment under an emergency procurement. It was a $225,000 worth of equipment that needed to be replaced. We did put an insurance claim in for that at the time. I believe that the insurance covered $95,000 of that. We used $80,000 of other funds that were available. This $50,000 that we're requesting here tonight is to make that line item full to cover that emergency procurement that we needed to do last year.

▶ 1:32:24 Peter D. Mortimer: Thank you very much, Mr. Pezos. Alderman Boisselle, please.

▶ 1:32:28 Robert A. Boisselle: Was this electrical problem, was it caused by failure of safeguards or it hasn't been repaired so it wouldn't happen again?

▶ 1:32:37 Speaker 12: It has been repaired. A lot of the safeguards, some of the safeguards needed to be replaced as well. We had batteries and UPS units that we replaced. Some we replaced because they needed to be after this, and some we replaced just to be cautious, given what we had just experienced, so does that answer your question? I'm sorry. Yes, sir.

▶ 1:33:00 Robert A. Boisselle: Thank you very much, Judge. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

▶ 1:33:02 Peter D. Mortimer: Thank you, Alderman Boycelle. Alderman Medeiros, please.

▶ 1:33:05 Monica C. Medeiros: Thank you. So this was electrical damage?

▶ 1:33:09 Speaker 12: believe it was electrical damage the insurance company they they basically when we put this claim in and we were dealing with the I guess the adjusters at the insurance company they're a little out of their element with this so they hire investigators that are a little bit more familiar with this type of equipment and as far as we can determine yes it was an electrical related damage it I find it very peculiar that it happened both at the Lincoln School and at the middle school but we we came into it I believe the date was April 14th and I we came into those buildings both out of commission from a telecom and from a computer perspective and what the exact source of that is we don't know whether it was lightning or something on the power grid we do not know and I'm not sure that there was any way that we'd be able to

▶ 1:34:09 Monica C. Medeiros: tell that for sure okay and did you say that the insurance had covered ninety percent ninety five thousand oh ninety five thousand okay that's that didn't add up okay ninety five thousand and I see that this is in the suits and claims line we have the city solicitor and the auditor here is this this money is available and ready they're not in the hedge yes okay thank you thank you very

▶ 1:34:38 Peter D. Mortimer: much alderman Medeiros recommend we have a motion to recommend this order for passage to the full board who was second that duly seconded by alderman motion made by alderman Boisselle duly seconded by alderman Inferno all in favor please say aye any opposed seeing none this order will be recommended to the full