Short Form Media Studies @ Mesa City Council Study Session Mon 02 March 2020 > Brother Mark & Brother John
It takes 12 minutes of your time and starts right off-the-bat 01:45 on a streaming video of yesterday's 'study session' after the presiding officer Hizzoner John Giles makes the roll call asking the first of three times if Kevin Thompson is on-the-phone. Yes we can hear him. There's a review of the items on the session's Final Agenda for less than two minutes, followed by repeated no responses from any of the six elected councilmembers if they want to make comments or ask any questions on the Consent Agenda - It is becoming clearer by the day that the transparency required to protect the taxpayers is woefully lacking. . . so let's have fun about the what was brought up in those recent meetings or events councilmembers attended
OK. When readers of this blog click or tap the insert of the streaming video, please make sure you turn-on the CLOSED CAPTION TOOL. Right before your eyes, you'll hear anything they have to say: from Asian Nights where Hizzoner had trouble finding a parking space, where David Luna mentions what he did with "Franky" referring to District 3 Councilmember Frank Heredia, then more from Hizzoner - and the very best comments of all are spoken by District 1 Councilmember Mark Freeman about "The Rodeo" taking place at Lehi Crossing that attracts over 3,000. Freeman then rattles off all kinds of stuff and contests, and getting on horseback, snipe-hunts, etc. . . . and then there's Jen Duff who got "the screen-grab" in the streaming video:
______________________________________________________________________________ MEETING DETAILS FOR THE REGULAR MEETING HALF-AN-HOUR LATER NOTE: A contract dollar limit increase of $95,000 for the agreementfrom $9,010,000 to $9,105,000 annually
Amendment and Contract Value Increase to the Term Contracts for Solid Waste Disposal, Recyclable Material Processing, and Vegetative Waste Processing Services as requested by the Environmental Management and Sustainability Department (Citywide) The contract value increase is necessary due to the new terms required by United Fibers, LLC under the contract. The price increase under the contract was based on the increase in processing fees, decrease in allowable contamination and decrease in acceptable materials. The Environmental Management and Sustainability Department and Purchasing recommend authorizing a contract amendment with United Fibers, LLC; and a contract dollar limit increase of $95,000 for the agreement (includes all vendors and covers all Solid Waste Disposal, Recyclable Material Processing, and Vegetative Waste Processing Services); from $9,010,000 to $9,105,000 annually, based on estimated usage.
Three-Year Lease for the City’s Data Center Space for the Information Technology Department (Sole Source) (Citywide) The Evoque Data Center, located in Mesa, is the City’s primary data center and houses the City’s IT infrastructure for all on-premise business applications and databases. This data center features enterprise-grade cooling, power management, and connectivity to support the provision of City IT services. The Information Technology Department and Purchasing recommend awarding the contract to the sole source vendor, Evoque Data Center Solutions, at $262,000 annually, based on estimated usage, with an annual increase allowance of up to 5%, based on the agreement.
