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Council approves Comcast network-use agreement; legal counsel to review settlement language
Summary
Warren City Council approved a network-use agreement with Comcast and added a condition that the city attorney review settlement language before final execution; staff said city and Comcast infrastructure upgrades will be phased over several months.
The Warren City Council approved a resolution authorizing a network-use agreement with Comcast, with council acceptance conditioned on final review by the city attorney of the settlement language.
IT and municipal staff briefed the council that the project has an initial phase requiring a city network upgrade (hardware on the city's side) followed by Comcast's upgrade work. City staff estimated the municipal upgrade phase would take "probably 3 to 6 months" before Comcast proceeds with its portion of the work.
During the discussion, Counsel Schroeder asked that the settlement language be provided to the city attorney's office for review before the agreement is finalized. Councilmember Schuman confirmed nothing substantive had changed since the Committee of the Whole review, and the mover accepted an amendment to approve subject to counsel's review.
The council voted in favor of the resolution; the motion carried.
Why it matters: The agreement is part of a planned municipal broadband/WAN infrastructure upgrade that the city says will be phased; legal review of settlement terms was added to ensure the city attorney signs off on the final documents before execution.
