Committee approves consent agenda: GIS switch ($126k), modulars ($590k) and other routine items

The clerk read ordinances and orders placed for committee consideration and the assembly approved multiple consent items on a series of voice votes. Highlights included an ordinance authorizing up to $126,027.27 to purchase new switching infrastructure for GIS storage area network with Presidio Network Solutions; a contract authorization not to exceed $590,000 for Cadillac modulars at Dolman power station; and a supplemental appropriation and additional funding authority related to natural-gas procurement for the Energy Authority, with a grand total figure mentioned in the presentation.

Council also approved a series of sponsorship payments for upcoming city events and other routine procurement ordinances, each moved, seconded and passed by voice vote with no roll-call tallies recorded in the transcript. A land-acquisition ordinance for a narrow strip at 1801 South Grand Avenue East to support the Martin Luther King improvement project (turn lane and signal modernization) was also presented and passed on consent after clarification that the acquisition is only for a small portion of property and that the house remains in place.