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IT recommends $37,039.39 five‑year firewall replacement; committee forwards proposal to full board
Summary
County IT proposed replacing end-of-life firewall with two redundant boxes under a five‑year license totaling $37,039.39; committee voted to forward the procurement to the full board.
Ben, IT staff, told the committee the county firewall that protects the network is at end of life and that renewing maintenance on the existing appliance would be costly.
Ben said staff evaluated alternatives and concluded they could purchase two smaller, redundant devices and obtain software licenses covering five years for a total cost of $37,039.39. He said the one-time payment would cover hardware, licenses and maintenance for five years and would reduce annual costs compared with continuing current maintenance spend.
Committee members asked whether the grant or payment was a reimbursement model; Ben said the proposal consolidates hardware and subscriptions into a single five-year cost and estimated it will be lower than the current roughly $25,000 per-year maintenance costs.
The committee voted to support forwarding the proposal to the full board for final approval.
