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STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL
ON CITY SERVICES AND BUDGETS

C O U N C I L A C T I O N S

DATE:Thursday, October 8, 1998

TIME:9:30 a.m.

PLACE:Committee Room No. 1
Third Floor, City Hall

*FOR INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT TARJA TUOMINEN, 873-7191*

Adoption of Minutes

The Minutes of the Standing Committee on City Services & Budgets meeting of September 17, 1998, were adopted.

1. Information Technology Infrastructure- File: 1186

1998 Expansion and Replacement Program

THAT Council approve the balance of the 1998 information technology infrastructure expansion and replacement program consisting of:

A. Expansion and Upgrade of Networking and Telecommunications Infrastructure;
B. Replacement, Upgrade, and Standardization of Desktop Computers;
C. Acquisition of Desktop and Service Management Software;
D. Upgrade of City E-mail Software;
E. Provision of Universal Access to Document Databases;
F. Upgrade of Internet and Intranet Servers,

as detailed in the Administrative Report, dated September 23, 1998, at an estimated cost of $3.41M; funding to be provided from the Technology Infrastructure Replacement financing plan. Additional annual operating costs in 1999 and thereafter, estimated at $126,000, will be accommodated through savings within the existing Information Technology operating budget.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

2. 2010 Olympic Bid: Issues and Current Status File: 4209

THAT Council approve entering into the Bid City Agreement with the Canadian Olympic Association subject to first entering into a legal agreement with the Provincial Government to indemnify and release the City of Vancouver for the obligations within the Bid City Agreement, both legal agreements to the satisfaction of the City Manager and the Director of Legal Services, it being understood that no legal obligations shall arise until the execution of such agreements.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

ENQUIRIES AND OTHER MATTERS

1. GVRD Labour Relations Bureau

MOVED by Cllr. Puil,
SECONDED by Cllr. Kennedy,

THAT Councillor Bellamy be the City's appointment to the GVRD Labour Relations Bureau, with Councillor Clarke as the alternate.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

The meeting adjourned at 11:35 a.m.

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