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County IT seeks Wi‑Fi infrastructure refresh and cybersecurity emphasis as AI tools arrive
Summary
IT staff briefed council on a multi‑year capital refresh plan that prioritizes county‑wide Wi‑Fi replacement (current gear ~12 years old), redundancy for uptime, and expanded cybersecurity and compute/storage refreshes; staff said AI features are already in the county’s enterprise Google suite and must be integrated securely.
Bart from IT presented the department’s mission and a capital‑improvement plan Tuesday, telling the council the office is launching a county‑wide Wi‑Fi refresh and continuing scheduled refreshes of compute, storage and server infrastructure.
Bart said much of the existing Wi‑Fi access‑point hardware is more than a decade old and “about ready to fail,” so the capital request submitted with this year’s budget focuses on replacing wireless access points to avoid productivity and security problems. IT will also continue routine refreshes of storage, compute and desktop hardware under an established cadence that IT staff developed when the IT director joined eight years ago.
A second emphasis is cybersecurity: Bart warned that ransomware remains a primary operational risk, and said an overarching cybersecurity posture is needed to protect county systems and data. He described goals of near‑continuous uptime, improved redundancy, and application interoperability.
Bart noted the county’s enterprise Google suite already includes AI features; staff intend to “harness it and put it in the right places.” He said IT will control access to county data and steward permissions for title companies, realtors and other external users.
Council members asked for follow‑up as IT develops procurement and implementation timelines. Bart invited questions and offered deeper briefings on specific systems.
