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Item 4E audioSC>UI I II 1AKL_ Item 4E Award of bid to XTG, Inc. for audio visual system upgrade for City Council Chambers Integrity Innovation Accountability Commitment to Excellence Teamwork This is item 4E, Award of bid to XTG Inc. for the audio visual system upgrade of the City council chambers 1 Item 4E Review of work to date Replaced projector Repaired sound system component Consultant report presented to Council RFB prepared to address the three categories of recommendations Critical Necessary Soon Desired Improvements ®SOUTHLAKE I would like to briefly review the work we have done to date. The council chambers were built in 2001 and the current sound system was installed at that time. Since then we have needed to send the various components out for repair several times. Additionally, they are now dated and service is becoming difficult. A component of the sound system was sent out for repairs at the same time we presented the consultants report to Council and took several weeks to be repaired and returned. We replaced the projector this year as a planned portion of the improvements. The consultants report presented in February 2008 to council contained three areas of recommendation: Critical, necessary soon and desired improvements. Item 4E RFB prepared to address the sound issues, digital recording and scheduling, character generator and video editing as well as several of the desired improvements. Recommended bidder covered all the items within current budget. Remaining item of internet streaming will be addressed in next years budget proposal. ®SOUTHLAKE Based on interviews the consultant conducted as well as analysis of the current system, a request for bid containing the equipment and labor necessary to rectify the sound issues, digital recording and scheduling, character generator and video editing equipments was prepared and advertised. The proposed award of bid to XTG, Inc will cover all of the critical, necessary soon and several of the desired improvements noted in the report. The total bid is $104,533.95. The remaining major consideration is the ability to stream previous council meeting via the internet. That item will be included in a proposed FY09 Support Services budget request. 3 Item 4E Questions Gary Gregg ®SOUTHLAKE I am available if you have any questions regarding this item. 0