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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExecutive Minutes 2020 01 09 Approved 1 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE January 9, 2020 The Executive Committee of the Grant County Board of Supervisors met on Thursday, January 9, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. in room 266 of the Administration Building, Lancaster, WI. The meeting was called to order by Chair John Patcle. Other members present were Robert Keeney, Gary Ranum, Donald Splinter, and Mark Stead. Therefore a quorum was present. Mike Lieurance asked to be excused. Carol Beals arrived at 1:10 p.m. Also in attendance were Carrie Eastlick, Shane Drinkwater, Joyce Roling, Nancy Scott, Carrie Kerstiens, Carol Schwartz, Teresa Putchio, Jeff Kindrai, Linda Gebhard, and Fred Naatz. Notice of the meeting was sent to the media and the amended agenda was posted in the Administration Building, Courthouse, and on the Grant County website. Donald Splinter, seconded by Robert Keeney, moved to approve the amended agenda as posted. Motion carried without negative vote. Gary Ranum, seconded by Donald Splinter, moved to approve the minutes of the December 10, 2019 meeting as printed. Motion carried without negative vote. Finance Mark Stead, seconded by Gary Ranum, moved to accept the December Treasurer’s Report. Motion carried without negative vote. Donald Splinter, seconded by Robert Keeney, moved to accept the December vouchers. Motion carried without negative vote. Mark Stead, seconded by Donald Splinter, moved to accept the December Revenue/Expenditure Report. Motion carried without negative vote. Gary Ranum, seconded by Mark Stead, moved to accept the Finance Director’s report. Motion carried without negative vote. Information Technology Request to amend 2020 budget to use $9,000 from general fund balance for CSB (Community Services Building) UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) support contract. The Motion was made to recommend for approval by Mark Stead seconded by Don Splinter. Motion carried without negative vote. Request for Grant County IT Director to join the Wisconsin Cyber Response Team. The Motion was made to recommend for approval by Mark Stead seconded by Gary Ranum. Motion carried without negative vote. IT Department Update 1/09/2020 System Downtimes No downtimes to report IT a. IT will be using Microsoft training credits to learn about the following technologies the county uses i. SCCM (Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager) ii. Exchange 2016 2 iii. Power Shell b. IT purchased 5 new workstations for the IT team. Network review a. All of the Polycom video conference systems have been moved to the County’s internal networks and fiber optic systems. External access for the Polycom systems will be provided by the CSB internet connection. b. IT purchased an OTDR (Optical Time Domain Reflectometer) to help troubleshoot fiber optic issues. c. IT updated CSB VMware hosts to the latest patch levels. County systems review a. IT has started the transition of the County’s email from Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2016. The transition of email accounts should be complete by 1/10/2020. b. IT has finished working on the County’s Microsoft contract. c. IT has changed how the County’s SQL (Structured Query Language) systems backup. Orchard Manor and Administration Building’s SQL servers now use full backups. d. IT has started the preparation work for moving the Court House to VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phones. Phase 1 will be the installation of a fiber optic back bone at the Court House. e. IT has moved all of the Administration Buildings VMs (Virtual Machines) to the new MDF (Main Distribution Frame) SAN(Storage Area Network). f. IT has a working Roll Call system ready for testing. g. IT is standing up a MDM (Mobile Device Management) system for IOS and Android devices. h. The Barracuda Application Firewall or WAF(Web Application Firewall) is now protecting the following websites at the County i. Fair website ii. Exchange 2016 OWA (Outlook Web Access) iii. Social Services Big Buddy website New building a. IT has been working with TDS and Central Square on 911 trouble shooting b. IT has been working with the Sheriff’s Office on quotes for fiber optics to connect the new radio system. The motion was made to accept the IT Director’s report by Gary Ranum, seconded by Carol Beals. Motion carried without negative vote. Employee Relations Carol Beals, seconded by Don Splinter, moved to approve Social Services request to start the Lead Social Worker at step 3 of the wage schedule with a fiscal impact of $1,383.00. Motion carried without negative vote. Don Splinter, seconded by Robert Keeney, moved to approve Social Services request to start Social Services Worker at step 2 of the wage schedule with a fiscal impact of $1,181.00. Motion carried without negative vote. 3 Don Splinter, seconded by Mark Stead, moved to approve classification recommendation of Grade K for the Therapy Department Manager position. Motion carried with one negative vote. The committee will continue discussing the 2020 performance evaluation process at the February meeting. Don Splinter, seconded by Robert Keeney, moved to approve the Personnel Director’s Report. Motion carried without negative vote. Robert Keeney, seconded by Don Splinter, moved to go into closed session per state statute 19.85 (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. Roll call vote resulted in a carried motion. Carol Beals, seconded by Gary Ranum, moved to reconvene into open session. Motion carried without negative vote. Don Splinter, seconded Carol Beals, moved to adjourn to 8:30 a.m. on February 11, 2020. Motion carried without negative vote.