Ironwood City Commission approves computer upgrades

IRONWOOD – The Ironwood City Commission on Monday approved a $21,474 bid to replace an aging file server that is essential to city operations.  The 4-1 approval came after a lengthy discussion on the need for the servers with input from Paul Linn, city finance director and treasurer, and Eric Ritter, the city’s information technology consultant with The Computer Doctors in Ironwood. The two said the current file server at the Memorial Building is 8 years old and nearly doubled its normal life span and is starting to fail.  Most of the cost is for installation, labor, and data transfer and software licensing costs.