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Walker said the society’s request this year rose to roughly $149,800 from about $93,000 the previous year. He told commissioners attendance has increased “probably increased by over a third to a half over previous summers,” and said the society purchased a large storage container for artifacts and needs additional staffing to maintain winter operations, explaining: “We usually get by in the winter with 2 full time people and a part time person. And we need to probably keep 3 people during the winter now.”

Walker described the complexity of site ownership and management: the museum building’s land is owned by the county, a connected replica fort and “small town” are owned by the city, and the society manages certain portions under agreements with the city. He said some admission policies provide free entry for veterans and people with food cards and that the society also collects membership revenue (individual membership cited at $25, family membership at $45 and corporate membership at $1,000).

Commissioners requested more financial detail to evaluate the larger request. Commissioner Ken asked the society to provide comparative gate receipts and a profit‑and‑loss statement for recent years and to show whether visitation increases justify the roughly one‑third jump in the requested appropriation. Walker said he would provide revenue and attendance figures and noted the society’s membership and education programs contribute revenue and visitation.

Walker also acknowledged management changes at the museum and said the society had made purchases without prior board approval that contributed to expense increases; he characterized those prior purchases as part of management issues that led to recent staffing changes. He said the society currently manages additional facilities, and that the county’s contribution primarily supports museum maintenance rather than wages for city‑owned facilities.

No vote was taken; commissioners asked for supporting revenue documentation before making a funding decision.

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McKinney identified the two large projects as: a Flex/Spillman replacement and associated server/hardware refresh (he cited a $315,000 purchase to replace and add redundancy), and an MPLS/microwave phase‑2 project necessary to maintain the county’s connection to the statewide radio system. He said the county used ARPA funds for phase 1 and that phase 2 would require additional funds; a vendor estimate presented earlier in discussions had been near $750,000, which McKinney said the county could not absorb outright.

On maintenance, McKinney said maintenance for the county’s Vesta system is currently covered at 100% by a $1,050,000 grant, but that the county’s share will grow over five years as the grant’s contribution steps down (100% this year, then 90%, 80%, 70%, 60%, then county responsibility thereafter). He told the commission that if the Idaho Public Safety Communications Commission (IPSCC) implements NextGen core services and brings other counties onto a consolidated platform, “that line item is gonna decrease by probably about 30%” because many over‑the‑top services (RapidSOS, iSpy, ERS and similar) are included in the NextGen core bundle.

McKinney described recurring costs the department pays on behalf of agencies and potential cost‑sharing options. He said 9‑1‑1 currently pays user radio fees and some agency service costs; for example, he cited estimated maintenance costs the county pays now for agencies he named as roughly $42,000 for the fire department and $25,000 for the ambulance district. He suggested the county might pursue shifting some of those costs back to agencies.

McKinney warned commissioners that, absent upgrades, the county could “feel the pinch” in October when the statewide master site moves and some T‑1 connected sites will be shut off; he said the MPLS upgrade is what replaces those T‑1 links. He also described vendor warnings about end‑of‑life timelines for radio consoles and repeaters, offering an estimated county‑level replacement cost of roughly $2.3 million for console replacements and up to $6 million including repeaters over a 4‑ to 5‑year period if the county follows Ada County’s full modernization path.

McKinney said staff are exploring alternatives — including an option to operate an independent county radio island or to join a multi‑county island — and are beginning vendor briefings so the commission will have options when the time comes. He said the department has discussed reserve funding and the potential for savings if IPSCC NextGen services proceed.

Commissioners and staff discussed reserve levels and possible agency cost‑sharing. No formal motions or votes were taken during the presentation; McKinney said the department would continue outreach to the 9‑1‑1 committee and vendors and return with options and cost estimates.

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McKinney said he did not backfill a programmer/system-analyst position and “I've taken over the role, duties for that role, to save us some well needed money in the department.” He summarized several line-item changes: increasing the computer-supplies line from its historical $10,000 to $15,000 to cover rising hardware prices and web-hosting costs, trimming general office-operating supplies, and shifting some maintenance and software costs between lines to offset increases.

The most significant recurring saving McKinney proposed is replacing the county’s Sophos antivirus deployment with SentinelOne in September, after elections, which he said would reduce the software line by about $10,000 annually and “actually gives us quite a bit more stuff for the money.” He told commissioners the SentinelOne vendor will provide a 30‑day stand-up period before the county pays the first year of service.

McKinney described server- and storage-related requests for property acquisition and maintenance: an upgrade to the county’s Dell PowerStore so the existing hardware can serve another two to four years, and a planned move from an on-premises iLAN backup to “Amazon Lehi Service backup,” which he said should lower costs. He also asked for 80 standalone copies of Office (to replace Office 2019 installations) in addition to about 60 existing Office 365 seats, arguing Office 2019 and Windows 10 will reach end of life in October and must be replaced across the network.

On telephone and network costs, McKinney said replacing a copper PRI at the sheriff’s office with SIP service will increase some costs (he cited a roughly $200-per-month rise on one line), but that purchasing fiber to replace the PRI would require an upfront payment that could save money long term. He also described reducing an external hardware-maintenance contract by $12,000 after the county began banking spare devices and using an on-call vendor, and noted ongoing internet service is under contract through 2028.

McKinney said the IT budget presented represents an overall 11% decrease from the prior year’s IT line, driven by software changes and the reduced phone-maintenance contract. Commissioners asked follow-up questions about the county’s computer replacement cycle; McKinney said the county is in year four of a multi-year replacement effort and is not requesting desktop replacements this budget year.

No formal vote or motion was taken during the presentation; commissioners requested the department provide backup documents and said the IT budget packet would be posted as a public PDF with department requests.

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