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Adams County Commissioners authorize plan to migrate non‑county IT services while preserving public‑safety systems
Summary
After a multi-hour presentation by IT Director Mike Brown, the commissioners voted to begin moving non‑county entities (including the cities of Decatur and Geneva) off county-managed operational IT support while maintaining county infrastructure for law enforcement and backup hosting; staff were directed to develop interlocal agreements and billing plans.
Adams County commissioners voted to authorize a plan to separate non‑county municipal and special‑district IT support from the county’s operational help desk while continuing to host servers and backup systems in the county data center.
IT Director Mike Brown told the board he completed a months‑long state survey and outside security review that exposed insurance and operational risks from supporting many external entities under the county’s systems. “It was 92 pages long,” Brown said, summarizing the assessment and saying…
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