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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExecutive Minutes 2020 12 8 Approved 1 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE December 8, 2020 The Executive Committee of the Grant County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in the County Board Room and via Zoom. The meeting was called to order by Chair, Gary Ranum. Other members present were Mark Stead, John Patcle, Robert Keeney, Donald Splinter, Mike Lieurance, and Dwight Nelson. Therefore a quorum was present. Shane Drinkwater, Joyce Roling, Carrie Eastlick, Amanda Degenhardt, Garry Pluemer, Jeff Kindrai, Carol Schwartz, Amy Olson, Linda Gebhard, Carrie Kerstiens, Jack Johnson, and Matt O’Brien, 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. Don Splinter, seconded by Mike Lieurance, moved to approve the agenda. Motion carried without negative vote. Mark Stead, seconded by Donald Splinter, moved to approve the minutes of November 10, 2020 with correction. Motion carried without negative vote. Mark Stead, seconded by Dwight Nelson, moved to approve and forward to the County Board the resolution in Support of Increased County Child Support Funding. Motion carried without negative vote. Finance Robert Keeney, seconded by Mark Stead, moved to rescind acceptance of the original bid by Mary Krueger for the property known as 210 S Bagley Ave, Bagley, WI (parcel#106 -00067- 000). Motion carried without negative vote. Robert Keeney, seconded by Mark Stead, moved to accept the bid of $21,650 for tax deed parcel 106-00067-000 (village of Bagley) and forward to the County Board. Motion carried without negative vote. Mark Stead, seconded by Donald Splinter, moved to accept the Treasurer’s report. Motion carried without negative vote. Mike Lieurance, seconded by Donald Splinter, moved to accept the November vouchers. Motion carried without negative vote. Mark Stead, seconded by John Patcle, moved to accept the Revenue/Expenditure Report. Motion carried without negative vote. The Finance department has been preparing for year-end close processes. The Finance Director has also been assisting the Highway Department in reconciling cash and other accounts for 2020 year after support was requested. Final cost submission for Routes to Recovery was submitted in November, and no update received yet from HHS on the status of the County’s Phase 3 Provider Relief Fund application also submitted November. 2 Don Splinter, seconded by John Patcle, moved to accept the Finance Director’s report. Motion carried without negative vote. Information Technology System Downtimes  No system downtimes to report Network review a. Orchard Manor Network project i. IT is currently working on termination of new ethernet cables. ii. All new IDFS (Intermediate Distribution Frame) at Orchard Manor are now online with fiber optics iii. IT has moved all PCs in the 100 wing to the new IDF b. IT is working with the Sheriff’s office to collapse the networks at the old Sheriff’s office. The phone licensing from the old Sheriff’s office will allow IT to complete the deployment of VOIP phones to Highway and UWEX buildings. COVID 19 response a. IT is testing low bandwidth options for remote work from home using Citrix Xen Desktop. b. IT 2020 COVID projects status list. i. Fiber Optics to Unified and CSZD 1.IT is waiting for the County’s fiber optic provider to terminate the fiber between the Administration Building and CSZD/Unified. Once completed the fiber will be ready for use. 2.CSZD’s network switch is ready for installation. IT will schedule a time with CSZD for the install. ii. Xen Desktop project. 1.The new Xen servers are in production. Currently IT has 7 virtual machines being used for Xen Desktop. IT will now look to expand use of VDI and remote access for the County. iii. Orchard Manor Wireless Access Points. 1.IT is working with CDW to replace our COVID purchased access points with the correct model number. iv. Orchard Manor Phone project. 1.IT is installing phones as wiring becomes available. 2.IT has activated 12 VOIP phones for testing. v. County Board Room. 1.IT is in the process of configuring the system for production use. 3 vi. Move to 3rd floor 1.IT is working with maintenance on floor layouts and implantation of the project vii. Health Department 1.IT is working to stand up a new smartboard system for the Health department. viii. Emergency Management 1.Provision 6 new tablets for DTRA use. 2.IT is working with emergency management to connect a cradle point to FirstNet cell service. New Building a. The move of 911 to NG911 has been completed. b. IT has been working with the Sheriff’s Office on a new communications tower. The motion was made to accept the IT Director’s report by John Patcle, seconded by Mark Stead. Motion carried without negative vote. Employee Relations Staffing Update: Current staffing numbers as of December 5, 2020, are as follows: Full time Benefit 292 Regular Part time Benefit 51 Part time 83 Limited term and seasonal 86 TOTAL 512 Mark Stead, seconded by Dwight Nelson, moved to approve the Health Department request to extend the LTE Office Assistant position at the start rate of pay to May 1, 2020. Motion carried without negative vote. Don Splinter, seconded by Mike Lieurance, moved to accept the Personnel Director’s report. Motion carried without negative vote. Don Splinter, seconded by Dwight Nelson, moved to go into closed session per state statute 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 performance evaluation of the Child Support Director. Roll call vote resulted in a carried motion. Mark Stead, seconded by Dwight Nelson, moved to return to open session. Motion carried without negative vote. Mark Stead, seconded by John Patcle, moved to adjourn to January 12, 2021, at 9:00 a.m. Motion carried without negative vote.