The Champaign City Council voted to accept five resolutions with little discussion at its meeting Tuesday, including a new plan for computer networking in the city.

Council members discused a bill by City Manager Steven Carter that proposed to enter a contract with Sound Incorporated to purchase fiber optic networking equipment. The council voted 8-0 to accept the bill with no discussion.

The new networking system will provide faster and more reliable communication and data transfer, according to a presentation last week by by Mark Toalson, information technologies director for Champaign. The city currently uses T-1 circuits, which are known for being unreliable and expensive.

Making the change will be cheaper for the community. Sound Incorporated was chosen to help the city with this project because the company proposed the lowest cost for the project.

The project has been going on since 2008, when the council approved the Network Communications Master Plan. Since then, council members have discussed proposals and looked for an organization that will cooperate with this plan at a reasonable cost.

The council also passed a bill to designate Sixth Street between Pilgrim Baptist Church and Eureka Street “Rev. W.B. Keaton Way.”

“This is a great opportunity to recognize those who have done good for our city, and I appreciate your support for this and I look forward to seeing this plan through,” said council member Will Kyles, District 1.

The council also discussed the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s plan of remapping the city’s 1985 flood plans. The remapping will help provide a more up-to-date idea of which places need to have safer building structures.

“We are taking significant areas out of dangerous flood paths,” Planning Director Bruce Knight said . “If this passes, this will help businesses save money because they would not have to worry about flood insurance. The public and city concern will be reduced.”

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