Rewiring, Switching Approved To Keep City's Server, Backup Online

April 9, 2019 at 1:03 a.m.


Generators will keep the city of Warsaw government going should there be a power failure; they were discussed at the Board of Public Works and Safety Monday.

Staci Young, assistant to Mayor Joe Thallemer, presented the board with a proposal in regard to the city’s server and its backup.

The proposal from D&D Electric was for $17,778.16, which the board approved. It includes appropriations from each of the city’s departments, ranging from $250 to $5,000.

Young said the work will include rewiring plus adding a transfer switch. “This will allow us to tie a generator into our panel for city hall to keep the building up and running, but most importantly to keep the server room and network up and running,” she said.

A connection box to a wastewater generator also will be added so it can be tied into city hall as a backup generator should the need arise, she said. “It would not take away from wastewater’s use of that generator. It would basically make it a dual use in this case,” she said.

When the city “goes live” with its servers this next time, Young said everyone will receive their data and internet service from city hall. “So it’s going to be really critical that we keep this building, or at least that server network, up and running,” she said.

The fiber runs underground, so even if things are happening above ground, Young said the fiber may still be intact and serviceable, but if city hall doesn’t get enough power after the battery backups go down, the departments could be at a loss.

“So this will give us the opportunity to pull a generator – whether it’s the emergency management generator or the wastewater generator – and keep the parts of the building up that we need to keep up for the city to continue conducting business or respond to an emergency,” she said.

Thallemer said having the portable generators already in the city is “very helpful” and being able to connect to a server is “very critical.”

He said the city will be pursuing a grant for generators specifically for the city’s server and city hall. “But in the meantime, this gives us that flexibility that if the power does go down, we need to keep the server operating,” he said.

Young said the Indiana Department of Homeland Security has a couple of funding opportunities for the server project. An application will be submitted once that opens up.

Young said the work the city is doing will be needed regardless of what happens with generators down the road.

Board member Jeff Grose asked what the battery life would be. Young said approximately two hours, which would be “enough time” for wastewater department to respond.

Earlier in the meeting, Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory Chief Mike Wilson presented on the maintenance agreement with Cummins Sales and Service for planned generator equipment maintenance for the fire department at stations 1 and 2 and the Warsaw Police Department on East Fort Wayne Street. The WWFT’s portion is $1,076.14 and the PD’s portion is $572.20 for a total of $1,648.34.

Wilson said the agreement was a continuation with Cummins and there was no price increase. The service maintenance agreement is done yearly and next year will include fire department station 3. Station 3’s generator is on a warranty contract now.

The agreement was unanimously approved.

Thallemer said, “We are having a lot of discussion about generators in the city – emergency generators operating, allowing our information systems and our server to continue operating if there was an issue.”

Wilson said the fire department runs its generators every Monday, and they’re set on a timer to run. The fire department also handles a generator at the Warsaw Police Department and runs it once a week, too, to make sure it’s running.

In other business, the Board of Works approved a bid extension for micro surfacing and crack sealing with Pavement Solutions Inc., as requested by Street Superintendent Jeff Beeler.

The amounts are $3.80 per square yard for multiple course micro surfacing, $2.80 per square yard for single course micro surfacing and $1.25 per pound fiberized crack sealant. Sealed bids were opened Nov. 29, 2017, and Pavement Solutions was the sole bidder.

Beeler said the contract will approximately cover about 21 miles of crack sealing and 7 miles of micro sealing.

Generators will keep the city of Warsaw government going should there be a power failure; they were discussed at the Board of Public Works and Safety Monday.

Staci Young, assistant to Mayor Joe Thallemer, presented the board with a proposal in regard to the city’s server and its backup.

The proposal from D&D Electric was for $17,778.16, which the board approved. It includes appropriations from each of the city’s departments, ranging from $250 to $5,000.

Young said the work will include rewiring plus adding a transfer switch. “This will allow us to tie a generator into our panel for city hall to keep the building up and running, but most importantly to keep the server room and network up and running,” she said.

A connection box to a wastewater generator also will be added so it can be tied into city hall as a backup generator should the need arise, she said. “It would not take away from wastewater’s use of that generator. It would basically make it a dual use in this case,” she said.

When the city “goes live” with its servers this next time, Young said everyone will receive their data and internet service from city hall. “So it’s going to be really critical that we keep this building, or at least that server network, up and running,” she said.

The fiber runs underground, so even if things are happening above ground, Young said the fiber may still be intact and serviceable, but if city hall doesn’t get enough power after the battery backups go down, the departments could be at a loss.

“So this will give us the opportunity to pull a generator – whether it’s the emergency management generator or the wastewater generator – and keep the parts of the building up that we need to keep up for the city to continue conducting business or respond to an emergency,” she said.

Thallemer said having the portable generators already in the city is “very helpful” and being able to connect to a server is “very critical.”

He said the city will be pursuing a grant for generators specifically for the city’s server and city hall. “But in the meantime, this gives us that flexibility that if the power does go down, we need to keep the server operating,” he said.

Young said the Indiana Department of Homeland Security has a couple of funding opportunities for the server project. An application will be submitted once that opens up.

Young said the work the city is doing will be needed regardless of what happens with generators down the road.

Board member Jeff Grose asked what the battery life would be. Young said approximately two hours, which would be “enough time” for wastewater department to respond.

Earlier in the meeting, Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory Chief Mike Wilson presented on the maintenance agreement with Cummins Sales and Service for planned generator equipment maintenance for the fire department at stations 1 and 2 and the Warsaw Police Department on East Fort Wayne Street. The WWFT’s portion is $1,076.14 and the PD’s portion is $572.20 for a total of $1,648.34.

Wilson said the agreement was a continuation with Cummins and there was no price increase. The service maintenance agreement is done yearly and next year will include fire department station 3. Station 3’s generator is on a warranty contract now.

The agreement was unanimously approved.

Thallemer said, “We are having a lot of discussion about generators in the city – emergency generators operating, allowing our information systems and our server to continue operating if there was an issue.”

Wilson said the fire department runs its generators every Monday, and they’re set on a timer to run. The fire department also handles a generator at the Warsaw Police Department and runs it once a week, too, to make sure it’s running.

In other business, the Board of Works approved a bid extension for micro surfacing and crack sealing with Pavement Solutions Inc., as requested by Street Superintendent Jeff Beeler.

The amounts are $3.80 per square yard for multiple course micro surfacing, $2.80 per square yard for single course micro surfacing and $1.25 per pound fiberized crack sealant. Sealed bids were opened Nov. 29, 2017, and Pavement Solutions was the sole bidder.

Beeler said the contract will approximately cover about 21 miles of crack sealing and 7 miles of micro sealing.
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