By Kim McDarison
The Fort Atkinson City Council approved on Tuesday, Feb. 16, a new storage racking system for the Fort Atkinson fire station.
The new system comes at a cost of $4,497.
In a memo to council, Fire Chief Daryl Rausch noted that during the initial bidding for the fire station, Spacesaver was awarded a contract to build storage shelving and lockers.
Spacesaver provided shelving, charging only for the cost of materials, and donated the installation, which was valued at $100,000.
At that time. Rausch said, shelving needs within a new apparatus maintenance shop had not yet been determined.
Since then, he said, the new shop has been built and has 15-foot high ceilings, which lend themselves, with a properly configured racking system, to the possibility of providing a large amount of storage.
Storage racks that could utilize the full space are not manufactured by Spacesaver, Rausch said, but, he added, the company “has agreed to source and install the racking as part of the overall installation.”
Rausch said money to purchase the additional shelving materials is available through the fire station’s “furnishings budget,” which has a balance of $31,707.33.
Server replacement
Council members also approved a replacement network server for the city’s wastewater utility. The equipment, provided through Janesville-based Ignatek LLC, comes at a cost of $7,578.
In a memo to council, Wastewater Supervisor Paul Christensen noted that the 2021 Wastewater Utility Budget included $10,000 for the replacement of the network server.
The server was last replaced in 2013 and uses software from 2008, which, he wrote, is no longer supported.
Equipment replacement would include hardware and Windows Server 2019 software, including licenses, setup and installation.
A server tower was purchased in 2020 at a cost of $1,327, he said, allowing the city to take advantage of a year-end discount from HP Enterprise.
Ignatek is the city’s IT provider, both Christensen and City Clerk/Treasurer Michelle Ebbert said, with Ebbert further noting that the company is trusted by the city for its work and security features.
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