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Council reviews $150,000 chamber AV upgrade plan, debates hiring in-house AV technician
Summary
Vendors recommended acoustical fixes, captioning and automated camera systems for the Umbrash council chambers. Council asked the vendor to prepare a statement of work; members split over adding a new AV/IT technician to the budget.
Vendors at an Umbrash fiscal-year-26 budget work session on April 14 outlined options to reduce jet noise in the council chambers, add closed captioning and automated camera feeds, and make other audiovisual (AV) upgrades. Staff asked the vendor, TPI Technology Providers Incorporated, to return with a formal statement of work and recommended next steps including an acoustical assessment.
The vendor team — Tony Ortiz (president), Matt Cole (on-site lead) and Sean McDonald (design engineer) — told the council that noise-cancellation technology alone would not address the persistent jet noise. They recommended first commissioning an acoustician and performing room acoustic treatments (curtains, wall/ceiling absorbers, carpet tiles) before installing microphones, speakers and automated camera systems. "The preferred method would be to quiet down the space," TPI said; after that, technology can augment intelligibility and captioning.
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