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Needham unveils hybrid meeting room; Zoom phones and efax rolled out to schools
Summary
IT staff demonstrated a new hybrid meeting room built for video-first municipal meetings, reported Zoom phone and free efax rollout to schools, and outlined plans to upgrade other meeting spaces using ARPA funds and capital planning.
Town IT staff used the Jan. 8 meeting to demonstrate a newly completed hybrid meeting room and to report progress on telephony and Zoom-phone rollouts.
Will Welch, assistant director (IT), was credited with redesigning the build to reduce projected cost from about $340,000 to roughly $180,000; the assembled project cost was described in the meeting as near $200,000. Staff said the room supports multi-camera presentations,…
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