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Staff summarize capital project highlights: IT, communications, parks and public works needs
Summary
Department heads briefed the commission on a range of capital requests including IT equipment refresh and network upgrades, communications wayfinding and public art programs, parks maintenance and medians, and an extensive public works slate covering alleys, pavement and bridge needs.
Commission staff presented a series of capital project summaries and answered commissioners’ questions on May 6, highlighting near‑term needs across information technology, communications, parks and public works.
IT: Joe Eisenbark, director of IT, briefed the commission on two IT projects: a regular PC refresh and a network replacement program. Eisenbark said the PC and MDT refresh follows a roughly four‑year cycle and noted the annual baseline is typically $125,000; the request includes an additional roughly $100,000 to cover ruggedized MDTs used in patrol cars. "Those are ruggedized, PCs for the patrol cars," Eisenbark said. He described the network development request as largely catch‑up work on aging infrastructure and cabling, and characterized the bulk of the 2025 request as urgent because some equipment is at end of life and cannot be supported.
Communications and public art: Communications staff described ongoing programs for wayfinding, placemaking and public art. The…
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