Finance Committee Page 2
January 4, 2017
numbers like that for cable I’m like that’s a big red flag. Then | see integration engineer costs of $9,020. To
integrate an IP phone literally you just plug it into a jack and | assume that most of the work is just putting the
video system in place. | saw the cost for that. | don’t understand where all of these extra costs are because
they are not broken out whereas | have other items in this agenda where | know they are getting these amount
of hours for these consultants doing these tasks and I’m not saying that they have to be broken out at the level
where the wastewater treatment plant purchases are but it sure is nice to have a reasonable idea of what it is
going on here. | wish | could have gotten this information to you in advance because | don’t mean to put you
on the spot so | apologize for that but | just don’t understand. | guess | am predisposed to be a bit skeptical
about Tyco because a few years ago when we reviewed the parking garage security system | felt like we were
getting raked over the coals on that one and | voted no on that.
Mr. Codagnone
One of the things is that because they are each separate locations they need a 4-port controller, that’s the
largest piece of the pie so it’s not even just securing the doors. We've seen anywhere from $1,500 to $2,000
per door to put all of the equipment in. The controller on the back end winds up being the highest cost.
Alderman Siegel
$1,221.79.
Mr. Codagnone
Yes, but to put it in and install it and patch it into the system back here, some of those configuration costs,
albeit they are not very broken out here, we have seen other quotes for $2,000 per door. The exact physical
doors, | haven’t seen them so when we talk about the wiring of the IP phones; | haven’t seen where the wires
have to run. In some locations they may need to rent a scissors jack to get up high and they also need a
couple of people because of OSHA standards. Some of the components when we look at custom computer
too is that we are doing the phone integration project right now although the fire station is not ready yet. We
are ready to go live with the North and South High Schools and the police department soon after that. Putting
these phones in, they have to be integrated into those systems and that’s a little bit different, we are kind of
doing things premature that way and the physical phones are video conferencing phones so they more
expensive than a typical IP phone.
Alderman Siegel
| looked up the exact phone and its $269.99 so yes they are more expensive than typical IP phones but they
are not $516.74 expensive. Did you ask them about some of these costs because it’s just not there? I’m
comfortable with us having to do this but not at this cost unless | can see something more detailed.
Mr. Codagnone
We can get more detail if you would like.
Alderman Cookson
| know that we are modeling this Safe Haven Program after the Manchester Fire Department and their
implementation of it. My question is when did we decide that it was necessary that we needed to have this
additional security in order to implement the Safe Haven Program in Nashua?
Assistant Chief Rhodes
Chief Galipeau and | visited Manchester on a couple of occasions. Our stations have zero security compared
to the fire stations in Manchester. The vast majority of the fire stations in Manchester have some form of a
