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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07 Executive Minutes 2021 07 13Approved 8/10/2021 Page 1 of 4 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE July 13, 2021 The Executive Committee of the Grant County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday July 13, 2021 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 Mark Stead, Donald Splinter, John Patcle, Mike Lieurance, Dwight Nelson, and Robert Keeney. Therefore a quorum was present. Shane Drinkwater, Joyce Roling, Carrie Eastlick, Amanda Degenhardt, Garry Pluemer, Carrie Kerstiens, Amy Olson, Jeff Kindrai, Lori Reid, Karla Schwantes, Tina McDonald, Kristin Schier, Darla Adams, and Judge Van De Hey 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. Donald Splinter, seconded by Mike Lieurance, moved to approve the agenda. Motion carried without negative vote. Mark Stead, seconded by Dwight Nelson, moved to approve the minutes of June 10, 2021 as corrected. Motion carried without negative vote. Kristin Schier presented the OWI and Drug Court TAD Grant. Mark Stead, seconded by Donald Splinter, moved to proceed with the grant and send to County Board contingent with confirmed announcement of the available grant by the State. Motion carried without negative vote. Judge Van De Hey presented the Methamphetamine Diversion Program TAD Grant. Mark Stead, seconded by Mike Lieurance, moved to proceed with the grant and send to County Board contingent upon confirmed announcement of the grant by the State. Motion carried with one negative vote. Finance Mark Stead, seconded by Donald Splinter, moved to approve the Treasurer’s report. Motion carried without negative vote. Mark Stead, seconded by Robert Keeney, moved to approve the sale of tax deed parcel #038- 00331-0010 (Town of Mt Hope). Motion carried without negative vote. Robert Keeney, seconded by John Patcle, moved to accept the voucher report. Motion carried without negative vote. Mike Lieurance, seconded by Dwight Nelson, moved to accept the Revenue/Expenditure Report as described. Motion carried without negative vote. Dwight Nelson, seconded by Donald Splinter, moved to accept the Finance Director’s report. Motion carried without negative vote. Approved 8/10/2021 Page 2 of 4 Information Technology The committee discussed an IT account for the Servers/Storage and CSB Batteries. No action was taken. System Downtimes  On July 3rd the County’s VoIP phone system and 911 system where unable to communicate with TDS for 8 hours. TDS had a network loop caused by misconfiguration of switches located in Lancaster and Dickeyville. The loop disabled both the North and South fiber runs. Network review a. IT is working with the Finance department on a Spring Brook upgrade. The new Spring Brook development system is online for IT and Finance to test with. b. IT is expanding use of the proxy in the County. IT has added users from the Sheriff’s Office and Orchard Manor to the system. c. IT has purchased a 2nd 8320 for the Administration building. That switch has been mounted in the AD Main Data Frame and configuration will begin in a couple of weeks. d. IT is preparing to start VMWare upgrades for the County. Including upgrades to the level of VMWare at the Administration Building and latest version for all VMWare systems. e. IT is preparing the County’s AirWave system that monitors and controls all of the Aruba access points and switches. Once completed that system will have a new operating system and will be operating at the latest version. f. IT has deployed VoIP to the last department in the County. The vast majority of the County is now using VoIP phones. County Systems a. IT has started the budget process and is looking at projects to be done in 2022. b. The expanded Wi-Fi system at the County Fairgrounds is working with no issues. Multiple events have taken place and the system has performed well. c. IT is working with maintenance on installation of new fire panels for the Administration Building and Court house. Currently the Court house and CSB fire panels are connected via the County fiber optic network. d. IT is standing up a new 2 Factor Authentication system for the Sheriff’s Office. This system will be used initially for deputies using net motion. e. IT is working with unified on the following projects i. New next generation firewall ii. Backup domain controller iii. Configuration of the network to remediate the need for network prioritization. Approved 8/10/2021 Page 3 of 4 Public Safety Communications System/ Grant County Fiber optic loop a. The County has received 36 reels of fiber optic conduit. IT is working with the fiber optic contractor on the Platteville and Lancaster CAN installations. b. IT has been working with the Sheriff’s Office to move the County’s NICE recording system from the Old Sheriff’s Office building to CSB. This is being done due to system issues with the new recorder. The motion was made to accept the IT Director’s report by Mark Stead, seconded by John Patcle. Motion carried without negative vote. Employee Relations Staffing Update: Current staffing numbers as of July 13, 2021, are as follows: Full time Benefit 286 Regular Part time Benefit 46 Part time 69 Limited term and seasonal 84 TOTAL 485 Donald Splinter, seconded by Mark Stead, moved to continue to allow the Conservation, Sanitation, and Zoning employees follow the NRCS / Federal Holiday schedule as they have in the past as listed on January 1, 2021. Roll Call Vote Name Yes No Gary Ranum X Mark Stead X Donald Splinter X Mike Lieurance X Dwight Nelson X John Patcle X Robert Keeney X Roll call vote reflected a carried motion. Robert Keeney, seconded by Donald Splinter, moved to revise the Holiday policy to reflect the list of observed holidays that the Conservation, Sanitation, and Zoning department follow and recommend for approval by the County Board. Motion carried without negative vote. Joyce Roling presented the Telecommuting Policy. Robert Keeney, seconded b y Mark Stead, moved to strike the language referring to the employee’s responsibility to have adequate liability insurance to cover county equipment in their home. Motion carried without negative vote. Donald Splinter, seconded by Dwight Nelson, moved to recommend for approval the Telecommuting Policy as amended. Motion carried without negative vote. Approved 8/10/2021 Page 4 of 4 Mike Lieurance, seconded by Dwight Nelson, moved to approve the Personnel Directors report. Motion carried without negative vote. Dwight Nelson, seconded by Mark Stead, moved to adjourn to August 10, 2021, at 9:00 a.m. Motion carried without negative vote.