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Alcala, Abigail From:Mendoza, Steven Sent:Friday, May 31, 2024 5:06 PM Cc:EMT - Directors Subject:Council Agenda Review Follow up Attachments:May 16 Budget Follow Up Memo to Council.docx Good Afternoon Mayor, Mayor Pro-Tem and Councilmembers (BCC), Here is our wrap up of the Agenda briefings for the City Council Meeting to be held on Tuesday June 4, 2024. Agenda Item # 8 - Informational report on this history and background of our Agreement with Bowers Museum. Council had asked for more information about art funding. Executive Director Kathryn Downs will make this part of her PowerPoint Presentation at Tuesday night’s Council Meeting. Agenda Item # 12 - Recognition of 72K in unclaimed monies. A Councilmember inquired: “What is the highest check that has gone uncashed?” The largest uncashed check was for Mr. Jeffrey Moore with a payment date of 10/29/20 for the amount of $12,086 related to Adult Cannabis payments made in December 2018. Agenda Item #16 - Mobile Computer Notebooks for Police Vehicles. A Councilmember inquired: “Why wasn’t the IT department the lead on this purchase?” The Police Department uses specialized computer equipment and software to effectively function in the field. This includes ruggedized laptops that have to operate well within a police vehicle environment as well as run the programs and use accessories unique to that profession. Further, the Police Department must abide by specific security regulations due to the nature of its work. For these reasons, the City has Information Technology specialists who focus solely on law enforcement systems. Their years of experience supporting this technology makes them experts and the best qualified for selecting the right tools for that function. In addition, the PD’s IT manager keeps CTIO Ciulla apprised of major system purchases and changes to ensure they remain in alignment with City standards. Agenda Item # 25 - Proposed contract to continue with “Invoice Cloud” for enhanced electronic billing and payment services included debit/credit processing. There was a question from a Councilmember who thought that we had arranged for payments to be accepted at 7-Eleven Convenience Stores: “Can we pay water bills at 7-Eleven convenience store.” A question also came in asking if Apple Pay, Zelle and/or Venmo are accepted as payment methods. Our Councilmembers have a very good memory. The City of Santa Ana did contract with Invoice Cloud with an option for enabling utility bill payment at places like 7- Eleven. Invoice Cloud began implementation for the City of Miami and it bombed. So Invoice Cloud pulled the service from their product menu. In other words, we were 1