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<br />Mayor Kuzma asked if the switches have a safety feature to them. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff explained that these are core networking switches that provide <br />ethernet everywhere. He noted that the price seems a little high. He asked if these will be supported <br />by LOGIS or if it will be supported by the internal team. <br /> <br />Finance Director Lund said it would be LOGIS. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked when LOGIS does this if they get a bulk price for these switches. <br /> <br />Finance Director Lund explained that LOGIS gets a government contract bid and they bid out <br />everything at the beginning of the year which saves the City from having to go through the bidding <br />on their own. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked why the price of this was high. <br /> <br />Finance Director Lund noted that this price is an estimate. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff clarified that when he said the price was high, he did not mean that it <br />was higher than average for these items, it is just high in terms of dollars. He added that this price <br />also likely included seven years of licensing. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked if licensing is paid for separately. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff stated that it depends on how this is set up. <br /> <br />Finance Director Lund added that licensing is normally under the maintenance department. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff noted that the Governor’s Cybersecurity Task Force just came out <br />with their report and there may be some grants available for similar things in the future. <br /> <br />The Council was in agreement with moving forward with the switches. <br /> <br />Finance Director Lund reviewed the items requested for the government buildings. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked about the retaining wall and if they discussed pausing this project <br />for this year. <br /> <br />City Engineer/Public Works Director Westby explained that the retaining wall is in poor condition <br />and that they had $75,000 estimated for the cost before and now the estimate is higher than this <br />due to the condition of the wall. He shared that the thought is to take a deeper dive and look at this <br />to see what would be the best way to repair the wall. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht stated that he likes the item of a shorter and more basic wall as it will <br />likely result in less maintenance over time. <br />City Council Work Session / September 12, 2023 <br />Page 2 of 15 <br /> <br />