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Planning commissioners weigh options to replace aging iPads; staff to return with cost and data‑plan analysis
Summary
Commissioners discussed four options — new iPads, alternative tablets or laptops (Surfaces), bring‑your‑own‑device with city email, or shared city iPad pool — and raised cost, data connectivity and note‑taking as key considerations. Staff will consult IS and report back at a future meeting.
Planning commissioners spent the Jan. 8 meeting discussing how to replace or modernize the iPads the city provides them, citing repeated connectivity and software‑update problems with the devices currently in use.
Staff said the commission’s iPads are third‑generation devices that Apple will no longer support and described four options: buy new iPad (current model), purchase alternative tablets or small laptops (for example, Microsoft Surface devices), move to a bring‑your‑own‑device (BYOD) model with a City‑issued email account, or continue using a pool of city‑owned iPads that commissioners sign in to…
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