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Clerk's $115,489 grant paused after board raises legal, access and procurement concerns
Summary
The Lake County Board of County Commissioners tabled acceptance of a $115,489 grant for the county's electronic recording system after commissioners and the county attorney raised procurement, access-control and legal-review concerns.
The Lake County Board of County Commissioners on March 4 tabled action on a $115,489 grant from the Electronic Recording Technology Board after questions from commissioners and the county attorney about a recently purchased server, stewardship of county IT assets, and a proposed user agreement.
Why this matters: The grant would fund digitization, web hosting and a new server intended to support the county's land-records and recording systems. Commissioners and the county attorney said they needed to reduce legal risk, confirm that county procurement rules and the county's new grant policy were followed, and ensure that county IT assets remain governed by countywide IT policy and not by a single office.
County clerk Tracy Larson, who applied for the program grant and presented the item, said the funding covers last year's web hosting, additional digitizing and a new server. Larsson (Larson) said the county has already ordered a…
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