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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07 Executive Minutes 2024 07 09Page 1 of 4 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE July 9, 2024 The Executive Committee of the Grant County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. The meeting was held in Room 264 of the Administration building and via Zoom. Notice of the meeting was posted in the Grant County Herald Independent, Administration Building, Courthouse, and on the Grant County website. The meeting was called to order by Chair Robert Keeney. Other members present were Gary Ranum, Joseph Mumm, Gary Northouse, Kathy Kopp, Rick Sanson, and Roger Guthrie. A quorum was present. Joyce Roling, Stacy Hach, Shane Drinkwater, Carrie Eastlick, Jeff Kindrai, Garry Pluemer, Lorna Wolf, Andrea Noethe, Fred Naatz, Carrie Kierstens, Holly Knapp, Jessica Munson, Kessa Klaas, Adam Day, and Tonya White were also in attendance. Roger Guthrie, seconded by Gary Ranum, moved to approve the agenda. Motion carried without negative vote. Joe Mumm, seconded by Gary Northouse, moved to approve the June 4, 2024 and June 18, 2024 minutes. Motion carried without negative vote. Finance Kathy Kopp, seconded by Rick Sanson, moved to accept the Treasurer’s report. Motion carried without negative vote. Gary Northouse, seconded by Roger Guthrie moved to accept the revenue and expense report. Motion carried without negative vote. Roger Guthrie, seconded by Joe Mumm, moved to approve the vouchers. Motion carried without negative vote. Preliminary estimates on some revenue and expense items for the 2025 budget were provided by the County Board Chair. A memo from the County Board Chair will be sent out to department heads with wage, WRS, insurance premiums, and other things to factor when working on their budgets. Roger Guthrie, seconded by Kathy Kopp, moved to accept the Finance Director’s report. Motion carried without negative vote. Facilities and Maintenance Courthouse Pumps went out serving the pit for drain tile. They appear to be the original pumps from the remodel. A temporary pump is being used now and new pumps are ordered. Page 2 of 4 Orchard Manor Two bids were received for the heating project. Action will be taken on them at the Orchard Manor committee meeting tomorrow. There are Wander guards that are starting to act up. The ones in there now are no longer available. We are currently working with a company to give Orchard Manor some ideas on options. Annex The IT room is ready for paint after today. The plan is to have the floor complete and ready for IT equipment by the end of next week. Towers Weed spraying was done at the tower sites and around all the buildings. There are generator issues at the Lancaster tower site. A Cummins technician will be coming in on Wednesday to look at the unit. Rick Sanson, seconded by Kathy Kopp, moved to accept the Facilities and Maintenance Director’s report. Motion carried without negative vote. Information Technology Gary Ranum, seconded by Rick Sanson, moved to approve the request to renew the current Grant County fiber optic NCS540 support contracts 10-year subscription using ARPA funds. Motion carried without negative vote. Rick Sanson, seconded by Kathy Kopp, moved to approve the request the purchase of NCS540 router for a hot spare using ARPA funds. Motion carried without negative vote. Network review a. IT has updated all of the County’s core switches to recent firmware due to CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) b. IT is testing new firewall firmware due to Firmware EOL (End of Life) at the end of July c. IT has been replacing Linux CentOS 7 VMs (Virtual Machine) with Alma 9 due to CentOS 7 EOL d. IT is overhauling all of our in house developed VPN (Virtual Private Network) systems due to CVEs e. IT updated CSB’s Dell/EMC Power Store array due to CVEs and version EOL f. IT has been working on a list of County computers that will not support Windows 11. This list is for department budgets for 2025 g. IT reviewed a new EDR (Endpoint detection and Response) system for the County. The current County EDR has been sold. IT to date is unable to get pricing or a renewal for the current EDR h. IT installed 2 new Verkada cameras in the Court House for the District Attorney and Clerk of Court offices Page 3 of 4 i. The County’s XenServer Environment has the following done i. XenServer Node 2 had DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Module) 5 replaced ii. XenServer hypervisor environment was updated due to CVEs and preparation of XenServer 8 upgrade County Systems a. IT has been working with the Highway department on i. Adding the Platteville Shop to the fiber optic loop ii. Setting up a test environmental monitor for the main shop at Lancaster iii. Giving Verkada camera access for monitoring and environmental checks at the tower sites b. Tyler Munis and IT have been working on pulling backups from Tyler Munis for onsite storage of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and HCM (Human Capital Management) backups c. The IT and Social Services teams had a meeting to discuss issues and new technology incentives for next year d. IT has done the following with the County’s VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) system i. Unified Services is near a complete migration to the new system ii. IT is testing Windows 11 VDI for Windows 10 EOL next year iii. IT has started the migration of the Social Services department to the new system e. IT is working with the Sheriff’s Office on i. IT has ordered parts to start the migration of the County’s 911 system over to the Grant County fiber optic network ii. Providing better network access at the tower sites for Patrol vehicles iii. Giving Dispatch Verkada camera access for security monitoring iv. Testing Biometric or NFC (Near Field Communication) readers for the Patrol vehicles Public Safety Communications System/ Grant County Fiber optic loop a. IT is working with RACom for the Radio Network and Platteville Radio networks b. IT and the Maintenance department installed new cable at the Lancaster Tower site for preparation of installing a generator monitoring system The motion was made by Richard Sanson and Seconded by Roger Guthrie for approval. Motion carried without negative vote. Rick Sanson, seconded by Roger Guthrie, moved to accept the IT Director’s report. Motion carried without negative vote. Page 4 of 4 Human Resources Current staffing numbers as of July 8, 2024 are as follows: Full time Benefit 321 Regular Part time Benefit 41 Part time 80 Limited term and seasonal 76 TOTAL 528 Discussion regarding the policy and process for hiring department heads was discussed. The committee directed that a draft policy including a detailed process be brought to the August committee meeting for review. Kathy Kopp, seconded by Gary Ranum, moved to approve the Health Department request to pay out compensatory time to the Admission Specialist up to $3500 for overtime work due to staff vacancy. Motion carried without negative vote. Joe Mumm, seconded by Rick Sanson, moved to recommend for approval the Network Device Policy. Motion carried without negative vote. Rick Sanson, seconded by Gary Northouse, moved to accept the Human Resources Director’s report. Motion carried without negative vote. Rick Sanson, seconded by Joe Mumm, moved to go into closed session per state statute19.85(1)(e) deliberating or negotiating the purchasing of public properties, the investing of public funds, or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a closed session as it relates to WPPA contract negotiations, and 19.85(1)(c) considering employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility as it relates to the Finance Department and the Finance Director / County Auditor, and the Human Resources Director. Gary Ranum, seconded by Roger Guthrie, moved to return to open session. Gary Northouse, seconded by Gary Ranum, moved to post the Finance Director / County Auditor position with the updated job description for one month. Motion carried without negative vote. Kathy Kopp, seconded by Joe Mumm, moved to recommend for approval and the implementation of the tentative agreement reached with the WPPA Deputy Union for the January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026 union contract. Motion carried without negative vote. Joe Mumm, seconded by Kathy Kopp, moved to adjourn. Motion carried without negative vote.