County staff to study network redundancy after multi-hour fiber outage

Sep 14, 2026

After a recent multi-hour fiber outage disrupted county operations, staff were authorized to explore secondary internet providers and RFPs for equipment and backup service; a cost analysis will be brought back to the Board.

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County Administrator John Gorton told commissioners that a recent fiber outage disabled internet and network access across county offices for several hours and impeded normal operations. He recommended that staff explore a secondary internet provider and obtain pricing for the equipment needed to provide network redundancy and backup service, including issuing an RFP for vendor proposals.

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