Title
Vote to adopt the Fiber Optic Cabling Project Ordinance that will directly connect the Chatham County Backup Emergency Operations Center and Siler City Health Clinic to the core county network.
Abstract
Introduction & Background: Chatham County will be extending its county-maintained fiber optic network west to Siler City and will provide greater flexibility and resiliency for our county fiber optic network. The flexibility and resiliency comes in the form of better disaster recovery and service delivery options for Chatham County MIS.
Discussion & Analysis: Chatham County MIS has been working with Performance Cabling Technologies (PCT) to provide the project deliverables in the desired timeline for this project.
How does this relate to the Comprehensive Plan: N/A
Budgetary Impact: The cost for the project is $1,125,588 and funded by using $1,000,000 of the ARPA enabled funds as part of the FY24 Chatham County Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) and the remaining $125,588 through the NC Department of Health and Human Services.
Recommendation/Motion: Motion to adopt the Fiber Optic Cabling Project Ordinance.