New councilman Fred Reese, left, was sworn in Thursday evening by Butler Mayor Bob Dandoy. Reese was appointed to fill the vacant seat left after former councilman Mike Walter died in March. EDDIE TRIZZINO/BUTLER EAGLE

Butler City Council voted Thursday to buy a new backup server from Perfection Services Inc. for nearly $3,000 after one of the city’s units went down.

Councilman Don Shearer said the old server was about eight years old — surpassing the life expectancy of an average server. He said council needed to act fast after the loss of the server.

“We have one backup left, but if it goes down, then we’re in critical phase,” Shearer said. “So we have to get the other one put in place to stop that from happening.”

Mayor Bob Dandoy said with the council’s authorization of the purchase, Perfection Services could bring in the new unit by Friday.

Additionally, Dandoy performed a ceremonial swearing in for new Councilman Fred Reese, who was appointed by Council at its last meeting to replace Councilman Mike Walter, who died in March.

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