City of Milwaukee - File #: 140751

• File #: 140751
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/3/2014
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Final action: 9/23/2014
• Title: Resolution authorizing the Chief Information Officer to install fiber and provide network connectivity at the expense of and for the use and benefit of Milwaukee School of Engineering.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INTERNET

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/2/2014	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
9/23/2014	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
9/10/2014	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Individuals appearing: Nancy Olson - Department of Administration - ITMD David Henke - Department of Administration - ITMD	Pass	5:0
9/5/2014	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/3/2014	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
140751
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
051269
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution authorizing the Chief Information Officer to install fiber and provide network connectivity at the expense of and for the use and benefit of Milwaukee School of Engineering.

Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Chief Information Officer to install fiber and provide network connectivity at the expense of and for the use and benefit of Milwaukee School of Engineering. This will provide Milwaukee School of Engineering connectivity to the WiscNet/BOREAS-Net Abilene/Internet2 education community node located at the Department of Administration-ITMD Network Operations Center (ITMD-NOC).

Body

Whereas, The City of Milwaukee wishes to promote higher education and enhance educational resources in the community; and

Whereas, Milwaukee School of Engineering is a private, non-profit university, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering, business, mathematics and nursing; and

Whereas, Milwaukee School of Engineering has requested the assistance of the City in obtaining high speed network connectivity between its campus and its dormitory and to the Internet through WiscNet at its expense; and

Whereas, WiscNet is a not-for-profit association established to further education, research, economic development and public service in Wisconsin by creating and operating a digital communications network interconnecting public and private organizations, including the provision of Internet services; and

Whereas, Resolution 051269 authorized the Commissioner of Public Works to execute an agreement between the City of Milwaukee and the WiscNet Association to establish collocation facilities within the City of Milwaukee and that made it feasible for UW-Milwaukee to become a node on BOREAS-Net; and

Whereas, This collocation facility enables Milwaukee-area educational institutions to gain access to WiscNet and the next generation internets in...