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Eaton County IT director outlines remonumentation RFP, cybersecurity grant deadline and ADA fixes for park reservations
Summary
Technology Services Director Eric Giddey briefed the committee on a remonumentation RFP that will engage GIS services, an October 20 deadline for a state cybersecurity grant, MCT equipment for transport vehicles and a recommendation to add ADA checks to the parks CivicRec reservation platform.
Eric Giddey, Eaton County’s director of technology services, updated the Ways & Means Committee on multiple IT initiatives the county is advancing this fall.
Giddey said IT, equalization and the controller’s office had finalized an RFP to select a new county representative for remonumentation work, emphasizing the county’s GIS role in mapping and future monumentation deliverables. He said the county will present an updated Remonumentation plan later this calendar year and expects the selected representative to coordinate deliverables closely with county GIS staff.
On cybersecurity, Giddey said the county is pursuing the state SLCGP grant and has an October 20 deadline for final submission; the department is leaning toward funding cybersecurity assessments rather than endpoint detection software, which better matches current needs. He said staff are aiming for solutions that are budget neutral over two fiscal years and want to avoid recurring support costs after grant purchases.
Giddey also recommended adding ADA compliance checks for the CivicRec parks reservation platform. He explained the county’s existing purchase of AudioEye (for broader website ADA checks) does not cover CivicRec, and that the county had sourced quotes to extend ADA checks to CivicRec and future portals; the parks director is reviewing that as a potential budget request.
Other updates included delivery and planned installation of MCT (mobile computing terminal) equipment for transport vehicles, planned for completion by mid‑November, and work with the state to migrate court/LE connections to a new vendor (Lumen) with state‑supplied equipment and redundancy improvements. Giddey said the county is preparing proposals and a timeline for a GIS separation with Barry‑Eaton District Health Department that will preserve services while isolating tenants and licensing needs.
The director said staff would return with implementation details and proposed budget requests where required.
