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Webster County MIS director outlines budget, flags cybersecurity and software cost pressures
Summary
MIS Director Andy McGill presented Webster County's information-technology budget, highlighting a planned pay adjustment for one employee, rising toner and software costs, a need for an external cybersecurity assessment, and evaluation of a possible Tyler Cloud migration. No formal action was recorded.
Andy McGill, MIS director for Webster County, presented the departmentbudget to the convening body and warned that rising software and supply costs and overdue cybersecurity work are shaping the countyinformation-technology funding request. McGill said he included a multi-year pay adjustment for an employee named Nate and several capital and maintenance items in this year's submission.
Why it matters: McGill told the group that some essential services supporting public records, email and phone systems now carry higher recurring fees and that a formal cybersecurity assessment is needed to satisfy grant requirements and to protect county systems. Those costs, he said, could materially affect the countybudget planning for the coming year.
McGill walked through line items and the reasoning behind them. He said routine office supplies were budgeted…
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