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Regular Council Meeting September 14, 2020 Page 7 Council Member Savage said when appointed to serve on a board, it was important to attend and he thought they should move forward with removal. A Motion to remove Tim Alexander from the Historic Preservation Commission was made by Council Member Pilgrim and seconded by Council Member Savage. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays. Mayor Pro -Tem Portugal opened the floor for nominations. Council Member Pilgrim nominated Jennifer Long. There being no further nominations, Mayor Pro -Tem Portugal closed the floor for nominations and called for a vote. Motion carried, 4 ayes — 1 nay, with Council Member Hughes casting the dissenting vote. Jennifer Long was appointed to the Historic Preservation Commission. 20. Discuss and approve a Professional Services Agreement in the amount of $129,999.00 with Sterling, Inc. to upgrade the City's Data Center Hardware. IT Director Kent Klinkerman said the primary data center hardware was five years old and the secondary data center was eleven years old and cited that hardware and software needs of the City were constantly evolving. Mr. Klinkerman said these components needed to be replaced on a regularly scheduled basis to insure reliability, performance, security and planned expenses. He said the total cost was $130,000 and the expenses would be split between 2019-20 and 2020- 21 budget years. He also said Sterling was being utilized under a professional services contract using Dell Technologies components in consultation with Dell Storage engineers. Mr. Klinkerman said the equipment was being purchased based on Texas Department of Information Research pricing. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Savage and seconded by Council Member Knox. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays. 21. Discuss and authorize $31,000 from the 2019-2020 Community Development underspent budget to hire Hargis Electric & Bryco & Co. to install landscape lighting for the Plaza. Main Street Director Cheri Bedford said the Main Street Board was very excited about the possibility of getting new lighting installed. Ms. Bedford explained that more light was needed to help showcase the water oak trees and the downtown Plaza, but more importantly to provide greater safety for downtown business owners and visitors. She told of the trees being wrapped with lights in the past, but they reflected very little lighting. Ms. Bedford also explained the expense of continuously having to replace them due to squirrels chewing the wires into. She said with the new lighting, everything would be underground, and the new lighting would greatly enhance visibility and mitigate downtown safety concerns. Ms. Bedford expanded on the feature that will allow over 300,000 different color combinations, that would be used for special seasonal and holiday events. Council Member Knox said this will be great for downtown and confirmed that the company planned to do the installation by the end of September. Council Member Savage asked about the watts and Ms. Bedford said she knew the warranty would be for ten year. Council Member Hughes inquired if they would be LED and Ms. Bedford answered in