Weslaco City Commission Regular Meeting
Page 116 September 17, 2013
we incorporate one (1) common Computer Aided Dispatch Software to insure commonality and ease of record keeping. They also suggested that we select a common Frequency for Police, Fire and EMS dispatching. All police on one Freq., Fire on one common channel and EMS on a common Freq. They will be forwarding their SOP. •
Information Technology Department o All fiber has been laid out and the IT Department continues to work closely with SmartCom Internet of McAllen to finish getting all the City’s remote facilities linked to City Hall and Library data and email servers. Overall, we are about 75% complete. o IT has been working closely with the Fire Department and Verizon to get the EMS units mobile. o IT is working closely to assist the Mayor Joe V. Sanchez Public Library to get them back online again. o IT continues to work on templates for the new City website which is expected to be operational before the end of this year. Thank you for your patience. o IT will be attending the National Association of Government Web Professionals National Conference for the 4th year in a row at the end of this month in Louisville, Kentucky. This is a great way to network with other IT and web professionals from across the nation.
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Library Department o The Wall Remodeling Project is moving along very well. The carpet has been removed; walls have been repaired and textured. We are on pace to re-open the main library building Monday, September 23. The library is planning a ribbon cutting event for Wednesday, October 16 at 10am. o The public has responded well to the movement of services to the Porter Doss building. We have only seen a moderate downturn of statistics and we have received very few complaints. o Public Facilities has assisted greatly during the remodeling, their efforts have saved the city thousands of dollars in the last few weeks.
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Municipal Court o 40 cases were set for pretrial. 40 Total Cases / 28 Total Persons o Disposition: 8 Cases with no status charge. 15 Dismissed by prosecutor. 6 Warrants issued. 6 Dockets closed. 3 Pre-trial Hearing to new date. 1 Deferred disposition. o There were 7 cases from pretrial hearing that was set for trial.
“The City on the Grow”