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Webb City accepts grant to improve cybersecurity<\/a><\/p>\n

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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. Webb City\u2019s protection against cyber threats is being improved with the help of a grant.On Monday, the City Council approved a $211,293 project to:\u2022 Purchase one computer server for City Hall, the police department and fire department to be installed at City Hall.\u2022 Purchase a cybersecurity management portal and maintain it for three years.\u2022 Purchase eight network switches to connect all city departments.\u2022 Migrate the city\u2019s internet domain from webbcitymo.org to webbcitymo.gov.\u2022 25 tablet computers for the police department.\u2022 12 tablet and five laptop computers for the fire department.The council voted to accept a $147,905 grant from the Missouri Department of Public Safety to pay over two\/thirds of the cost and match it with $63,388 in city funds.The installation will be done by Stronghold, the city\u2019s internet technology contractor.There was more spending approved by the council.The police department was allowed to accept a no-match grant in the amount of $12,132 to purchase 28 electronic language translators. Police Chief Don Melton applied for the grant through the the Missouri Department of Public Safety\u2019s Local Violent Crime Prevention program.A 16-year-old sewer camera system will be replaced. The council approved wastewater director William Runkle\u2019s plan to accept the bid of $98,383 to purchase a new system from EJ Equipment, of Troy, Ill.To make that system easier to use and last longer, the council approved Runkle\u2019s plan to house it in a van, as opposed to a utility trailer as it has been. A 2016 Ram ProMaster cargo van will be purchased from JE Auto for $24,000. That was the lowest of four quotes received for comparable vans.The fire department is replacing its door access control system. Fire Chief Andrew Roughton said the old system is 16 years old, and its access code is known by many former employees and students. Netwatch, of Carterville, will provide the system and install it for $3,257.No concern about water level if data center is builtAs the controversy over whether a data center is built on the southwest side of Joplin, Jim Dawson (4th Ward) asked if it would lower the level of water that Webb City\u2019s wells draw from.City Administrator Carl Francis said he is not worried about that possibility. For one thing, he said the water table didn\u2019t drop when Carterville\u2019s second water well began pumping.Missouri American would supply water to the data center. And although Webb City relies on Missouri American as a backup source, Francis said the city has been increasing its pumping capacity in order to only open the valve to buy water from Missouri American if there\u2019s a problem with Webb City\u2019s system keeping up with demand.The data center issue will next be discussed by the Joplin City Council at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Corley Auditorium of Webster Hall on the campus of Missouri Southern State University.In other action, the council:\u2022 Approved second (final) reading of an ordinance placing tax liens on properties where the city is owed money, typically for mowing expenses.\u2022 Accepted first reading of a bill to rezone a half block at 201 E. Aylor St. from R-1 (single family residential) to R-3 (multi-family residential). Brian Philliber\u2019s request was advanced to the council by the Planning and Zoning Commission.\u2022 Was informed that Optic Communications, of Columbus, Kan., is planning to install fiber in the city\u2019s right-of-way. Socket is said to be almost finished installing conduit for fiber throughout the city.
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