Regular Meeting
08/15/22 06:00 PM
Administrative Services
Tara Becerra
Budget
Doc ID: 5087
AGENDA ITEM
AGENDA MATTER:
FY23 WWTP IT INFRASTRUCTURE APPROPRIATION
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Additional funding in the amount if $76,850 is necessary for IT Infrastructure in the Waste Water fund.
These upgrades in the IT Infrastructure are needed to expand the network, update and implement new software and backup servers to meet increasing regulatory requirements.
Staff is recommending approval of the attached budget amendment in the amount of $76,850 to provide the additional appropriation needed.
DISCUSSION:
There are many needed upgrades to the Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure at the Waste Water plant that have been identified by staff. Many of these needed upgrades are due to ever changing regulatory requirements, obsolescence, and deferred replacement projects due to lack of funding in prior years. Due to the continually increasing flows handled by the Waste Water Treatment Plant, and resulting needed system modifications, some of these needed upgrades must proceed at this time. The need for these upgrades has been compounded by the ever-increasing regulatory requirements the Waste Water Treatment Plant is subject to. These pressing concerns have increased the priority of updating and expanding the IT Infrastructure now.
The IT Infrastructure upgrades proposed will include expanding the network to areas of the facility currently without network access, and,
1. Upgrade and implement software and software-supported services.
2. New Virtual Servers to replace three eight year-old obsolete servers for which the use of has been extended beyond the recommended replacement schedule for the servers.
3. Virtual Software for the new servers.
4. Additional Backup Cloud Storage for the new servers.
5. Addition of a new Maintenance Management and Work Order System.
6. Expanded and additional hard-wiring and a new Wi-Fi Network.
The additional budget appropriation needed for the proposed IT Infrastructure upgrades is $76,850 which will increase the appropriation allocated to these upgrades from $165,610.80 to $242,460.00.
Staff is recommending adoption of the attached budget adjustment appropriating $76,850 from the Waster Water Fund fund balance to account number 605.605.601.06.644.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The proposed budget ammendment will appropriate $76,850 from the Waste Water fund balance. This appropriation will be added to the existing appropriation in the Waste Water Treatment Plant's IT Allocation account, 605.605.601.06.644.
Regular Meeting
08/15/22 06:00 PM
Administrative Services
Tara Becerra
Budget
Doc ID: 5087
AGENDA ITEM
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Staff recommends that City Council approve the attached Budget Amendment in the amount of $76,850 from the Waste Water Treatment Fund's fund balance and appropriate such funding to Waste Water Fund IT Allocation account, account number 605.605.601.06.644.