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Fernley council approves PAC States contract to modernize city IT systems
Summary
The Fernley City Council voted unanimously Nov. 19 to enter a six‑month contract with PAC States to replace aging network hardware, move key services to the cloud, and implement lifecycle and cybersecurity measures; council members pressed staff on costs, access control and fire suppression in the network room.
The Fernley City Council on Nov. 19 approved a six‑month contract with PAC States to modernize the city’s network infrastructure and migrate city services toward cloud‑based identity management.
City staff said the work will replace end‑of‑life switches, firewalls and access points at City Hall and at remote sites such as the water treatment and wastewater plants; add UPS systems to protect servers during outages; and establish a lifecycle‑management program to schedule future hardware refreshes. PAC States’ presenter Ryan Basker told the council the city’s existing switching and wireless equipment are roughly a decade old and are producing frequent outages and degraded performance:…
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