Rob Rubin, chief information officer for the City of Oxnard, asked the City Council to authorize the mayor to extend blanket agreement number 32400174 with Insight Public Sector Inc. through April 30, 2028, and to increase funding for the agreement by $1,400,000 to a total not to exceed $4,035,000.

Rubin told the council the city’s computer network infrastructure includes more than 200 physical components across 27 city sites and that equipment life for that hardware is typically five to seven years. "By allowing the equipment to be in service beyond the period of time that the manufacturer supports it, it introduces an amount of cyber risk to the city that’s unacceptable," Rubin said.

The recommendation would renew and extend a blanket agreement Council originally authorized on May 16, 2023, which currently runs through June 30, 2026. Rubin said the City is leveraging a cooperative purchase through Omnia Partners (Cobb County, Georgia) for technology product solutions and related services.

Rubin provided four fiscal-year purchase totals for Insight Public Sector products and services: about $338,000 in fiscal year 2021–22; $476,000 in 2022–23; $676,000 in 2023–24; and about $978,000 in 2024–25. He said annual purchases over the past four fiscal years averaged approximately $618,000 per year and that, after a recent period of catch-up spending and some multiyear maintenance agreements, staff expects a nominal purchasing level of roughly $600,000 per year going forward.

Rubin said the upgrade strategy aims to modernize network design, improve resilience and scalability, automate certain network services to reduce administrative errors, and ensure manufacturer-supported maintenance and security. He also told the council the proposal would not require new appropriations and that all expenditures would remain within already adopted budget limits.

"My recommendation is that the City Council approve and authorize the mayor to extend blanket agreement number 32400174 with Insight Public Sector Inc. for the purchase of computer networking technology through 04/30/2028 and increased funding amount by $1,400,000 for a total not to exceed $4,035,000," Rubin said. He concluded the presentation by saying he was available to answer questions.

The transcript of the presentation does not record a council vote or other formal action on Rubin’s recommendation.