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Council Chamber Presentation Equipment Upgrades <br /> Many of our city councils are getting frequent requests by staff,presenters and the public to be <br /> able to use Apple laptops and iPads during their city presentations. Some cities have gone a step <br /> further and they are having the council and staff use iPads during meetings to reduce their costs <br /> associated with using paper packets and to take advantage of the many meeting and presentation <br /> applications that are available on the Apple platform. This technology is spreading very quickly <br /> around the state and country. <br /> I have been meeting with the Apple business group this year and they have allowed me to look <br /> behind the scenes at their custom boardrooms and presentation technology. I recently setup the <br /> City of Watertown with a device called an"Apple TV" interface which allows them to use an <br /> iPad and display it on the council chamber monitors and also be viewed by the home cable TV <br /> audience. <br /> Luke Fischer is starting to use his iPad and different"Apps"during council meetings and <br /> workshops to streamline his presentations. <br /> Buffalo, Monticello,Maple Lake, Cokato and Elk River are some of the other cities that have <br /> also asked to have this technology installed in their facilities. The basic equipment is very <br /> inexpensive and depending on the city,the install takes about 'A a day to interface with the other <br /> city presentation equipment. <br /> There are thousands of apps that allow the city to display spreadsheets,PowerPoint,annotated <br /> PDF's,word documents and also use programs like Skype, You Tube,etc. The list is expanding <br /> dramatically every day. Microsoft has even announced that they are coming out with an Office <br /> app early next year! <br /> I have listed the basic costs in the city equipment upgrade requests. As always I am available to <br /> assist your city with this technology and answer any questions your staff or councils may have. <br /> Inventory <br /> I am currently in the middle of doing a new commission wide equipment inventory. I have <br /> completed this in 6 cities already and also the production and movie trailers. This inventory will <br /> be very valuable in our budget process and also in transitioning our equipment to the HD format. <br /> I will also be merging my service log with it so that I can better track equipment issues. Phil <br /> Kern and Mert Auger have been helping me with it. <br /> 4 <br />