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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSSM061509CITY OF CENTRAL POINT City Council Study Session June 15, 2009 L MEETING CALLED TO ORDER Mayor Williams called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in the Technical Services Bureau training lab (meeting not recorded). ATTENDEES Mayor: Hank Williams Council Members: Bruce Dingier, Mike Quilty, Allen Broderick, Carol Fischer, and Kay Harrison were present. Matt Stephenson was absent. City Administrator Phil Messina; Assistant City Administrator Chris Clayton; Police Chief Jon Zeliff; Sergeant Josh Moulin; and City Recorder Deanna Casey were also present. ill. BUSINESS A. Technical Services Bureau Sergeant Moulin began with a demonstration of how to log into the server to receive city email. If Council members would like they can go to the options tab to change passwords. He explained some items associated with the City email accounts. and how to make it easier for them to use. Sergeant Moulin presented the back ground history for the Technical Services Bureau and when the Police Department became in charge of that area of technology. Items he reviewed with the Council were: • the savings to the City by having the TSB under the Police Department. • better upgrades to the City Hall side of technology. • a survey that was submitted to staff regarding customer service with the TSB staff. • new security systems now in place to protect the entire city against cyber attacks. • spam filters look at email content, not just the email address. It is constantly being. updated with new technology. 98 % of all email is spam. The • new equipment allowing staff to complete their work more efficiently. • they now track software licenses to make sure we are in compliance with licensing laws. • the TSB secured a business type license with Microsoft for automatic updates for Microsoft Suite packages. • software programs used by various departments. • We now have better security provided by the TSB because they are involved with the Police Department. • There are advantages for Economic Development with a progressive TSB and HTCU in the City. City of Central Point Council Study Session Minutes June ]5, 2009 Page 2 • The TSB is currently 1 Tech to 64 employees. They are in need of help. Hopefully they will have interns next year that can help with some issues. Conclusion: Council would like to see the TSB and HTCU do more promotion for economic development with Rotary, Chamber and SOREDI to help bring technology businesses to Central Point. Staff will check to see if there is Technology Enterprise zone option with the State. Mr. Messina and Mr. Clayton will research items discussed at a meeting with the City of Salem on how they attracted technology businesses to Salem. B. High Tech Crimes Unit Update Sergeant Moulin updated the Council on what has improved and happened in the HTCU over the last few years. There has been a huge growth in the amount of cyber crimes found and prosecuted in the state because of the ability of the Central Point HTCU. He explained the process of crime analysis that Police Specialist Debbie Miller does on a daily basis. She has the ability to keep records updated on crimes and registered offenders. The Crime analysis helps find suspects and solve cases faster. The Central Point Police will soon have a mapping. system on the website to see crimes in specific locations throughout the City. The Department now has the ability to track patrol cars as they cruise the City to see where they have been. Sergeant Moulin provided a list of nine agencies that have Memorandum of Understanding agreements with the HTCU. He presented the statistics for the past four years the Unit has been in operation. He explained that Federal cases allow them to bring in or apply for Federal grant money. He explained that this helps fund the unit at little expense to the City. Sergeant Moulin stated that non- tangible items benefiting the City is finding and arresting the suspects in cybercrime cases. Future challenges for the City are storage space for all the data that is collected to prosecute cases. Case loads are growing each year. They need additional personnel to help solve the growing amount of cases. They have a mobile HTCU lab being converted so they can take the lab to a site and decide what evidence needs to be confiscated instead of bringing all the electronic equipment to City Hall. Sergeant Moulin provided a tour of the HTCU to those interested. lV. ADJOURNMENT The Study Session for June 15, 2009, was adjourned at 8:00 p.m.