County accepts state cybersecurity grant and approves associated IT service agreements

The county commission accepted a state cybersecurity grant to update the county’s IT network and approved several associated service agreements to manage and implement the project, officials said.

County IT staff obtained a cybersecurity grant from the State of North Dakota and planned an IT network upgrade. To support procurement and project management, the commission approved an AE2S agreement for up to $5,000 that had been budgeted in the department’s request. The commission authorized IT staff (Miss Halverson) to sign the AE2S agreement.

The board also accepted a notice of grant award for the cybersecurity funding and approved a no‑cost Granicus GovDelivery provisioning to support public communications on the updated website. The commission approved a service agreement with Tyler Technologies to begin migration and server updates ahead of a future timekeeping component; county counsel had reviewed the agreements.

Commissioners noted minor clerical items in packets (a mailing address that will be corrected and a punctuation mark) and approved the agreements unanimously.

Staff said the next step is continued procurement, contractor selection, and implementation planning; the timekeeping component agreements will return to the commission at a later meeting when more work is ready to proceed.