HomeMy WebLinkAbout01 Executive Minutes 2023 01 17Approved 02/14/2023
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
January 17, 2023
The Executive Committee of the Grant County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday,
January 17, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. The meeting was held in the County Board Room of the
Administration building and via Zoom.
The meeting was called to order by Chair Gary Ranum. Other members present were Carol
Beals, Donald Splinter, John Beinborn, Robert Keeney, Roger Guthrie, and Steve (Porter)
Wagner. A quorum was present. Shane Drinkwater, Carrie Eastlick, Joyce Roling, Andrea
Noethe, Carrie Kerstiens, Jeff Kindrai, Tonya White, Lori Reid, Jon Knautz, Garry Pluemer,
David Timmerman, Pat Schroeder (9.25 a.m.) and Joe Mumm (9:25 a.m.) were also in
attendance.
Notice of the meeting was posted in the Grant County Herald Independent, Administration
Building, Courthouse, and on the Grant County website.
Carol Beals, seconded by Porter Wagner, moved to approve the amended agenda. Motion
carried with one negative vote.
Roger Guthrie, seconded by John Beinborn, moved to approve the minutes of December 13,
2022. Motion carried without negative vote.
Finance
Porter Wagner, seconded by Roger Guthrie, moved to approve the Treasurer’s Report. Motion
carried without negative vote.
There was no action taken on the possible ADRC carryover for meal site in Platteville.
Roger Guthrie, seconded by Robert Keeney, moved to approve the vouchers. Motion carried
without negative vote.
John Beinborn, seconded by Don Splinter, moved to accept the Revenue and Expense Reports.
Motion carried without negative vote.
Donald Splinter, seconded by Porter Wagner, moved to accept the Finance Director’s report.
Motion carried without negative vote.
Information Technology
Donald Splinter, seconded by Roget Guthrie, moved to recommend to the county board approval
for $3,389.86 for relocation of the highway’s fiber optics to come out of the General Fund.
Motion carried without negative vote.
System Downtimes
No system downtimes to report
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Network review
a. IT is reviewing how to reconfigure Unified Dodgeville for better reliability during
network outages.
b. New CSB servers are on order. It may take up to 6 months before they arrive.
County Systems
a. IT worked with the Health department on updating of their EHR (Electronic Health
Record). IT had to port the EHR data to a new SQL(Structured Query Language)
server.
b. IT has started working with KnowBe4 on Cyber security education for the county.
c. IT is updating the County’s Xen Desktop system to the latest version.
d. IT migrated ADRC to electronic (digital) faxing. Unified will be the next department
migrated to electronic faxing.
Public Safety Communications System/ Grant County Fiber optic loop
a.) Fiber optics from Lancaster to Boscobel are now being fused. Work should be
completed by end of next week.
b.) The fiber optic connection between the court house and Lancaster city hall is
complete.
The motion was made to accept the IT Director’s report by Steve “Porter” Wagner, seconded by
Roger Guthrie. Motion carried without negative vote.
Employee Relations
Staffing Update: Current staffing numbers as of January 14, 2023, are as follows:
Full time Benefit 273
Regular Part time Benefit 27
Part time 56
Limited term and seasonal 73
TOTAL 429
John Beinborn, seconded by Donald Splinter, moved to approve the Personnel Director’s report.
Motion carried without negative vote.
Roger Guthrie, seconded by John Beinborn, moved to adjourn to Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at
9:00 a.m., in person only (no Zoom) in conference room 266 of the Administration Building.
Motion carried without negative vote.