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A motion to approve board member vouchers passed (mover: Doug; seconder: Matt). The committee then approved the treasurer's claims (mover: Matt; seconder: Eric). During the treasurer's claims discussion, staff identified an IT credit-card account with two recent statements and a $2,507 balance; the statements lacked attached invoices. Committee members said the credit card has been closed and that staff will work with Eric to gather receipts and resolve any charges. \"That $2,507 balance is a relatively small one. I do think it makes time sense to pay it,\" a staff member said, while noting staff would review individual transactions for anything to protest.

Committee members requested a regular line item on future finance agendas to review credit-card transactions and receipts. Specific transactions discussed included small recurring billing items and an unfamiliar vendor labeled in the record as \"9night.9night.com,\" which a staff member said appeared to be a software-installer service based on a web search. The staff member said they would track down the original invoices and attach them to the voucher paperwork.

The finance director (title provided during the meeting) presented a draft FY2026 budget that includes 2023 and 2024 actuals, the 2025 original budget, the 2025 amended column and the 2026 original budget column. The director said revenues have come in above expectations for the current year and that there is a $3,000,000 placeholder in the budget for remaining construction costs on the new building; the director described the county as \"walking out of FY 2025 in good financial position,\" subject to year-end activity. Committee members were reminded that the October meeting will be moved to a Tuesday because of the Columbus Day holiday and that the budget will be placed on file at the next meeting.

Next steps: staff will gather missing invoices for the IT credit-card account, pay the outstanding balance if appropriate, and add a recurring agenda item for credit-card transaction review. The draft FY2026 budget will be placed on file at the October meeting for further consideration.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Finance Committee Regular Meeting 9/22/2025 4:30 PM","oneSentenceSummary","The committee approved board member vouchers and treasurer's claims and discussed an IT credit-card account with $2,507 outstanding and missing receipts. The finance director distributed a draft FY2026 budget for review.","taxTitle","Grundy County, Illinois","taxId",73166,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},5977611,"Finance Committee recommends Simple Communications managed-services contract and approves countywide backup plan",178,21495,200000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5866406-6d4eaae8f058d4054dbe43636eea3541&start=21&end=200","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5866406-6d4eaae8f058d4054dbe43636eea3541/thumbnail_21495.jpg","/articles/5977611/Grundy-County/Illinois/Finance-Committee-recommends-Simple-Communications-managed-services-contract-and-approves-countywide-backup-plan","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/5977611-3442e0e9938a5329c80ac67a6f416106/orig.mp4?Expires=1770448726&Signature=BSn8XyXjfyBHKeXXXLsqwv5df-JDTeIWo0SSu1cL8OtJ9XThqM3wIMnMpLlJO0zCGmPJ90DrvB5P0nuB0jg3JNgyOLHUq8qBQZ4t-lD~xkrxSNwaoglaXbhvpsStewAiBaQbq6mHcoIIRhiICLDmywxR6BW~Gf6RWUOokQIFgDH5mjc25afTi2FtFPGk3siXdODBhCX9xYCASdxMwQSoQmTQv33i7FyMf4RTEQlkp2vb5KJx94j1aw~qitWxmAyCkpoKryIgcnLrwta7gQHncK4tQmzF1BFx7qr78EG4K-YNxhl8F4Naki8vKWiouUI730VnS2LZHYDEkl-RtkDGVg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Finance Committee voted to recommend a managed-services agreement with Simple Communications to the full county board and separately approved a countywide backup solution that combines on-site appliances with immutable cloud storage.

Committee members moved the managed-services recommendation to the full board after discussion about payment terms and unit pricing. A motion to recommend the Simple Communications agreement passed (mover: Matt; seconder: Deb). Committee members said they will refine contract language before the county board review in October, including the payment mechanism and per-unit cost estimate.

The committee then considered a backup and disaster-recovery proposal presented by a staff member. The proposal calls for an on-site backup appliance at each county building, a separate appliance for the county GIS system, hourly backups, and cloud replication. The presenter said the cloud copy is immutable and that every backup is checked for file system integrity and bootability. \"Every single backup is checked for file system and bootability, so I know every backup is good all the time,\" the staff member said. \"Backups are done every single hour, every day of the week.\"

Committee members discussed whether the managed-services contract should require payment through the county's standard voucher process rather than automatic ACH or credit-card withdrawal on a fixed day of the month; the presenter acknowledged that language may be updated. The presenter also said the group would continue meeting with staff to produce a better overall cost estimate because the draft contract is written on a per-unit basis.

A motion to approve the backup solution passed (mover: Eric; seconder: Matt). Committee members said the appliance-based approach would allow staff to virtualize county servers in the cloud and restore operations within minutes if a facility were disabled.

Next steps: staff will revise contract payment language and finalize cost estimates before the county board takes up the managed-services agreement in October. The backup deployment plan will be incorporated into the county's monthly technology payment schedule if approved by the full board.","The committee voted to recommend a managed-services agreement with Simple Communications to the full county board and approved an on-site/cloud backup proposal that would place backup appliances at county buildings and a separate device for GIS.","actionData","errors"]

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Finance Committee approves vouchers and treasurer's claims, flags $2,507 IT credit-card balance pending receipts

Finance Committee recommends Simple Communications managed-services contract and approves countywide backup plan