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Votes at a glance: Feb. 27 Albany Utility Board actions and contract renewals
Summary
Summary of motions and roll‑call outcomes from the Feb. 27 Albany Utility Board meeting, including telecom and fleet telematics contracts and representative appointments to statewide utility associations.
At its Feb. 27 meeting the Albany Utility Board approved routine contract renewals and made several representative appointments. Key actions voted by roll call are listed below.
Metaswitch (telecommunications) contract renewal - Action: Authorize staff to enter a contract with Metaswitch (Reston, Va.) for extended hardware warranty and annual software support for the Class‑5 telephone switch. - Amount: $80,544 total (hardware warranty $19,006; software $61,538). - Vote: Unanimous recorded approval (Burley, Collier, Fields, Woodall, chair vote yes).
Verizon Connect (telematics) annual renewal - Action: Authorize staff to enter contract with Verizon Connect for telematics services under state contract. - Amount: $104,850 (annual renewal funded from the utility/fleet budget). - Vote: Unanimous recorded approval.
Appointments: ECG, MEAG, MGAG representative delegates - ECG (Electric Cities of Georgia): Voting delegate appointed — Mister Burley; alternate — Miss Keisha Collier. Vote recorded in favor. - MEAG (Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia): Voting delegate appointed — Miss Keisha Collier; alternate — Vivette Fields. Vote recorded in favor. - MGAG (Municipal Gas Association of Georgia): Voting delegate appointed — Mister Woodall; alternate — Mister Maples. Vote recorded in favor.
Other procedural votes - Approval of minutes and routine roll‑call items were carried by voice/roll call earlier in the meeting.
Ending: Contract renewals were presented by staff as annual renewals that are budgeted in their respective departmental funds; the board recorded unanimous votes on the renewals and made the membership appointments by voice/roll call.
