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City administration recommends rejecting surveillance bids, focus on server upgrades

Milbank City Council · May 12, 2025
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Summary

After reviewing integrator proposals for a surveillance project, city administration and Councilmember Craig Weinberg recommended rejecting all bids for now and instead upgrading servers and coordinating with current IT partners CorpTech and ITS to address gaps in coverage.

Administrator Steve Pendergrass and Councilmember Craig Weinberg reported they had spent several hours reviewing surveillance-integrator bids and recommended rejecting the bids at this time. They said city IT partners CorpTech and ITS should be engaged to upgrade servers and address immediate coverage gaps before proceeding with later phases.

The minutes record a recommendation to pursue server upgrades first and to continue building the surveillance system in coordination with current IT integrators as needs are identified; the record does not reflect a final contract award or a formal council directive to reject bids at this meeting.