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Council advances temporary IT contracts, seeks long-term options after vendor presentations

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After presentations from local managed‑service providers, the council authorized advertising for an information systems administrator, approved a temporary agreement with Todd Ojala, and approved a short-term vCISO contract with Minnesota Security Consortium.

International Falls city leaders on Monday moved several steps to keep city information systems running after the recent resignation of the city’s information systems administrator and heard pitches from local managed‑service providers.

Three private vendors and a city IT employee addressed the council during the open forum: Austin Schaff of 3s Design LLC, Ted Saxton of Small Town Tech, and a representative from ESX Technology Solutions. Each described managed IT services, cybersecurity and options for the city either to…

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