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Chair moves to shift new city building to Comcast service, proposes buying Wi-Fi phones
Summary
The chair reported a Comcast business offer for the new city building ($110/month promotional rate for 24 months) and moved to purchase six Wi-Fi phones (estimated total about $300); the chair said they'd proceed with a contract and equipment purchase, although a vote tally is not recorded in the transcript.
At the March 26 special meeting the chair reported a Comcast business proposal to provide phone and internet service to the town's new building and proposed purchasing Wi-Fi phones to replace the current system. The chair said Comcast offered a promotional rate of $110 per month for the first 24 months to move phone and internet service for the new building and bank facility, compared with current bills the chair described as "around $300 and something a month" for an individual site.
The chair said Comcast could move the police station configuration (including the Spillman records system) to the new setup using a static IP, and recommended keeping the same phone numbers when services transfer. For handsets, the chair noted inexpensive business Wi-Fi phones were available online and reported finding six units that together would cost about $300 (approximately $54 each). "I make a motion to do that and purchase those phones," the chair said. The transcript records the motion but does not show a detailed roll-call or final vote tally.
The chair also asked staff to follow up with Angela to clarify timing and to see if Comcast could extend government pricing to multiple municipal sites. The transcript does not show whether the town formally executed the contract or which accounts will be switched at this meeting.
