Q&A
Council Member Brewer questions DCAS and DORIS on water filling stations and social media archiving
1:37:45
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3 min
Council Member Gale A. Brewer engages in a Q&A session with representatives from the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) and the Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS). The discussion focuses on two main topics: the installation of water filling stations in city buildings and the archiving of social media accounts.
- DCAS Executive Deputy Commissioner Laura Ringelheim discusses the costs and challenges of installing water filling stations, estimating $3,000-$5,000 per unit plus ongoing maintenance.
- DORIS Commissioner Pauline Toole addresses the implementation of a bill related to archiving social media accounts, noting that current contracts can accommodate additional accounts without increased costs until 2027.
Gale A. Brewer
1:37:45
Thank you very much.
1:37:45
I appreciate your testimony from Decast regarding may be working this out.
1:37:51
The water filling stations make sense to me particularly as I said earlier because if you're telling people to be healthy, you gotta have a place for them to do it.
1:38:02
So my question is, do any city buildings have accessible fountains, or is this something that you would be willing to work on?
1:38:11
Just give me an idea.
Laura Ringelheim
1:38:13
I we'd absolutely be able to willing to work on this.
1:38:16
I mean, I think know, who doesn't love going to the airport and you have to fill your water bottle.
1:38:22
So I I think part of it is cost.
1:38:25
You know, we kinda estimate that the unit that can provide, like, the multiple fountain with the water bottle station is, you know, 3 to $5000 just to purchase it and install it.
1:38:36
It could go upwards of that because a lot of times you have to turn the water off in the building, it requires over time for installation.
1:38:42
But I think we would definitely work towards that.
1:38:44
And I think for you know, as we do ADA modifications to buildings and we need to install better and working water fountains that we will definitely be willing to look into that and put them wherever we can.
Gale A. Brewer
1:38:57
Okay.
1:38:57
Do you know if any buildings do have such now?
1:39:00
I don't know of anything, but maybe I'm not up to date.
Laura Ringelheim
1:39:04
For the research that we did on this just for this, but we we know that there are some in really privately tenant spaces.
1:39:10
Or if you come to, like, the city training center on the 24th floor, We have the filling station there, and that was, you know, a more recent remodel.
1:39:17
But in most of the spaces, no.
1:39:20
It's just a water fountain.
Gale A. Brewer
1:39:21
Okay.
1:39:22
I think it would be helpful for the police and the fire and everybody who have the same need that the rest of us do, which is to have get rid of the plastic and let's use our great water.
Laura Ringelheim
1:39:33
Sure.
1:39:33
The the only other cost I did wanna mention is that most of those do have a service contract.
1:39:38
And right now, when we looked into it, it's about $30 a month per unit.
Gale A. Brewer
1:39:42
But maybe we could do a public private sort of effort.
1:39:45
It seems to me the whole city is trying to be healthy.
1:39:47
Sure.
1:39:48
Climate and everything else.
1:39:49
Okay.
1:39:49
Well, I look forward to working with you on that.
1:39:53
Thank you, commissioner Too for everything.
1:39:55
I love Doris, as you know.
1:39:57
So my question is, I guess, if there's something additional resources are needed or not to implement implement this bill, I will be very nice, Mister Chair, not list all the people who have not submitted there.
1:40:11
Archived to Doris even though I have the list.
1:40:15
So I guess my No.
1:40:18
You're not on the list.
1:40:19
You're okay.
1:40:20
You haven't been here long enough.
1:40:24
But my question is, I guess, it's mostly cost.
1:40:27
And what the impediments, if any, to this bill?
Pauline Toole
1:40:32
Well, 1st, before I address the question council member, I would like to say that your records and the archived date before your council terms in back to the the Jenkins Administration, and perhaps during your role working with council member Messenger.
1:40:50
We've got a lot of stuff from you.
1:40:52
At the moment, this would not have an impact.
1:40:55
The proposed legislation would not have an impact on the cost of harvesting.
1:40:59
We have a contract through 2027, March of 2027.
1:41:04
So adding additional accounts won't have an impact.
1:41:08
The contract provides for $26,000 increase annually through that point.
1:41:16
So adding additional social media posts will not be a problem.
Gale A. Brewer
1:41:22
Thank you, Mister chair.
