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Pratt County approves $17,755 server purchase, security training subscription and a personnel status change
Summary
The commission approved purchase of a main server ($17,755.55), backup/support ($1,347) and a security-awareness subscription (~$2,522.80), heard IT and elevator updates from the county’s IT director, and approved a part-time-to-full-time personnel change; an executive session on non-elected personnel concluded with no action.
Mark Graeber (introduced in the transcript as "Mark Graeber, Bridal IT director") presented a packet of IT purchases and recommended upgrades to the commission, including a main server quote for $17,755.55 (including Windows Server and SQL Server licenses and five years of pro support) and a storage-server support-extension quote for $1,347.
Speaker 1 explained options for a security-awareness training subscription described in the transcript as "KnowBeForce" and recommended a plan priced at roughly $2,500 covering up to 60 users. After discussion, Speaker 2 moved to approve the main server purchase and associated backup/support items; Speaker 6 seconded. The commission voted by voice and those motions were approved.
Speaker 2 then moved to approve the security-awareness subscription at $2,522.80; Speaker 6 seconded and the motion passed by voice vote, recorded in the transcript as "aye." The transcript records voice votes but does not include a roll-call tally; the motions were approved by voice as recorded.
During the meeting, the IT director also briefed the board on elevator inspection follow-ups (door restrictor quote pending and a camera/wiring issue to be completed), and on a three-year telecom/audit opportunity with Spyglass to review past billing for potential recoveries.
Personnel matters: the commission approved a motion to change an employee from part time to full time for jail staffing. The transcript contains the phrasing ‘‘That is new salary $17.45 a month’’ in the hiring exchange; the record does not make clear whether that figure is hourly or monthly, and the article does not interpret that ambiguity.
An executive session of 15 minutes on non-elected personnel was held; the commission stated it would come out of that session with no action taken.
Next steps: IT staff will coordinate implementation of the new server and licensing with CIC and schedule installation work; the county will obtain quotes for elevator door restrictor installation and proceed with dispatch/911 room readiness tasks as discussed.
