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TICC
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
At 7:06 p.m. Chair Prabir Mohanty called the regular TICC meeting to order at the
Quinlan Conference Room, 10185 North Ste lling Road.
ROLL CALL
Present: Chair Prabir Mohanty, Vice Chair Sudeep Kumar, and Commissioners Balaram Donthi, and
Emma Shearin. Absent: Commissioner Mukesh Garg.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1.Subject: Approve the November 5, 2025, regular meeting minutes.
Recommended Action: Approve the November 5, 2025, regular meeting minutes.
MOTION: Shearin moved and Kumar seconded to approve the November 5, 2025, regular
meeting minutes. The motion carried with the following vote: Ayes: Mohanty, Kumar,
Donthi, Shearin. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: Garg.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS – None
NEW BUSINESS
2.Subject: Elect Chair and Vice Chair positions
Recommended Action: Elect Chair and Vice Chair positions
Chief Technology Officer Teri Gerhardt introduced the item.
Commissioners asked questions which staff responded to.
Chair Mohanty opened the public comment period, and seeing no one, closed the public
comment period.
Mohanty moved and Donthi seconded to nominate Kumar for Vice Chair. The motion
carried with the following vote: Ayes: Mohanty, Kumar, Donthi, Shearin. Noes: None.
Abstain: None. Absent: Garg.
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MOTION: Kumar moved and Donthi seconded to nominate Mohanty for Chair. The
motion carried with the following vote: Ayes: Mohanty, Kumar, Donthi, Shearin. Noes:
None. Abstain: None. Absent: Garg.
3.Subject: Selection of Economic Development Committee Representative
Recommended Action: Select and recommend a Commissioner for Councils
Consideration
Chair Mohanty opened the public comment period and, seeing no one, closed the public
comment period.
Donthi moved and Mohanty seconded to nominate Commissioner Donthi as the
Economic Development Committee Representative. The motion carried with the
following vote: Ayes: Mohanty, Kumar, Donthi, Shearin. Noes: None. Abstain: None.
Absent: Garg.
4.Subject: Review the Commission's Work Plan for 2026
Recommended Action: Adopt the Commission’s Work Plan for 2026
Commissioners asked questions which staff responded to.
Commissioners made the following recommendations:
•Item Four was struck from the 2026 Work Plan.
•Item Three was revised to state: “Accurate and ethical implementation and use of
AI.”
•Additional language was added to Item Three recommending the implementation
of AI in both internal and external capacities to improve city efficiency, including
alignment with the current RFP.
•Commissioners added the Cybersecurity Event to the March schedule.
•Commissioner Donthi volunteered to assist Commissioner Kumar with
coordination and support of the Cybersecurity Event.
Chair Mohanty opened the public comment period and, seeing no one, closed the public
comment period.
MOTION: Shearin moved and Kumar seconded to add the language to the project
objective to recommend implementation of AI in an internal and external capacity, to
improve city efficiency. There was no second. This motion was not considered.
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MODIFIED MOTION: Shearin moved to strike the last part of the sentence and to advise
on the Chatbot RFP when it returns to the Commission. There was no second. This
motion was not considered.
MODIFIED MOTION: Shearin moved and Donthi seconded to recommend
implementation of AI in an internal and external capacity to improve city efficiency. The
motion carried with the following vote: Ayes: Mohanty, Kumar, Donthi, Shearin. Noes:
None. Abstain: None. Absent: Garg.
5. Subject: Cybersecurity Public Awareness 2026 Special Event
Recommended Action: Discuss 2026 Special Event and appoint Subcommittee
Members.
Commissioners asked questions which staff responded to.
Chair Mohanty opened the public comment period, and seeing no one, closed the public
comment period.
MOTION: Mohanty moved and Kumar seconded to appoint Commissioner Donthi to the
Cybersecurity Public Awareness 2026 group. The motion carried with the following vote:
Ayes: Mohanty, Kumar, Donthi, Shearin. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: Garg.
6. Subject: Receive Regional vCISO Project Overview by Chief Technology Officer
Gerhardt
Recommended Action: Receive and File Overview
Chief Technology Officer Teri Gerhardt introduced the item.
Commissioners asked questions which staff responded to.
Chair Mohanty opened the public comment period, and seeing no one, closed the public
comment period.
STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS
7. Subject: Receive update from the November 19 Mayors Meeting
Recommended Action: Provide Commission update from the November 19 Mayors
Meeting
Commissioners asked questions which staff responded to.
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8.Subject: Receive Commissioners Report
Recommended Action: Receive Commissioners Reports – None.
FUTURE AGENDA SETTING –
Subcommittee for Robotics and AI (Mohanty)
Invite student from advocacy group to speak at the meeting (Mohanty)
Microsoft Meeting at the next TICC meeting (Mohanty)
At 8:03 p.m. Chair Mohanty adjourned the regular TICC meeting.
Minutes prepared by:
Lindsay Nelson, Administrative Assistant