Information Technology

Information Technology Committee June 20, 2024 TASO Training Room Call Meeting to Order: • Bub called the meeting to order at 10:00 A.M. Members Present: Thiede; Floyd; Bub; Hansen. Members Absent: LaBrec. Other Attendees: Melissa Lind; Jen Strama; Grant Bub. Approve Minutes: • Hansen moved to approve the minutes of the March 7, 2024 meeting. Seconded by Thiede. All Ayes. Motion Carried. Approve Agenda: • Thiede moved to approve the agenda with 8 items; Seconded by Hansen All Ayes. Motion Carried. Network Upgrade-Update: • The ESX servers and SAN will be upgraded at the courthouse and human services buildings. This project will be funded by Broadband. There is a kickoff meeting in early July to begin planning. Budget-Update: • Currently, there are not enough funds in the CRP Budget to replace all items that are up for replacement. Many items up for replacement were purchased with COVID funds. Melissa will make a list of equipment up for replacement talk with department heads about what is or isn’t needed. Additionally, the CRP Budget will be increased to help accommodate department needs. MFA Discussion/Action: • The State has put TASO in a non-compliant status due to no MFA being in place at the VPN level. We have no choice but to move forward with implementation. Anyone working remotely will need to download the Cisco Duo App and will receive an approve/deny request. Melissa will explain this project at the upcoming department head meeting. There will be a $9/month charge per employee that uses the VPN connection. This amount will be billed back to each department. Broadband-Update: • Three Bug Tussel towers are live, and customers are using them. Bug Tussel will be starting a fiber- to-the-home project in August and more towers are set to go live. More Bead Grant funding will be available. Also, additional access points have been added at the fairgrounds to offer better Wi-Fi coverage at the fair. Adjournment: • Hansen made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 11:10 a.m. Seconded by Floyd. The next IT Committee Meeting is scheduled for September 19, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Information Technology Committee March 7, 2024 West GF Conference Room Call Meeting to Order: • Bub called the meeting to order at 10:00 A.M. Members Present: Thiede; Floyd; Bub; LaBrec; Hansen. Members Absent: Other Attendees: Melissa Lind; Jen Strama; Grant Bub, Larry Brandl. Approve Minutes: • Floyd moved to approve the minutes of the September 5, 2023 meeting. Seconded by Thiede. All Ayes. Motion Carried. Approve Agenda: • Thiede moved to approve the agenda with 8 items; Seconded by LaBrec All Ayes. Motion Carried. 2023 Highlights: • Due to an unacceptable number of issues with the 911 hardware & software, a plan is now in place to engage all businesses immediately to work through any issues. • The Charter ELAN has been cancelled and the county-owned fiber connections are working great. • The printer refresh with EO Johnson was complete 3rd quarter of 2023. • A successful migration was done for the surveyor’s office, which included the GIS maps. • The cutover to WanRack internet was complete 4th quarter and Charter internet was cancelled. • Servers were upgraded to Server 2022 software. • The Register of Deeds office move off the AS400. • Both dispatch stations were transitioned to Portal XL – Time System with the State of Wisconsin. • The texting feature was implemented from our Zoom phone system. • Gilman and Rib Lake Highway shops now have Zoom phones, internet, computers and scanning abilities. 2024 Budget: • The 2024 budget was approved in 2023 but not currently installed. Accounting will have this done soon. 2024 Projects: • Planning to upgrade the VMware environment. • The SAN and ESX server at the courthouse and human services need to be replaced. Melissa is waiting on a quote for all of this. Broadband-Update: • The City of Medford is connected to WanRack internet but currently waiting on a switch to arrive. This will allow them to run separate from the county firewall. The cost of the switch will be split with the city. • There are currently 32 municipalities connected with 12 locations left. • All schools have been connected and will use as their backup internet. • Bug Tussel plans to have towers working by July. They are exploring options for fiber to the home. • WanRack is looking for ISP’s to provide fiber to the home. • There is a broadband informational meeting at the Education Center on March 19 that will be open to the public for questions and/or concerns. Adjournment: • Hansen made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 11:03 a.m. Seconded by Thiede. The next IT meeting will be held on June 20, 2024.