Commission approves resolution exempting certain elected officials from county cybersecurity training

May 27, 2025

After debate about records access and precedent, the commission adopted a resolution (2025-38) allowing exemptions from county cybersecurity training for elected officials who present no cybersecurity risk; dissent was recorded on the roll call.

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The county's IT committee presented Resolution 2025-38, which would exempt certain elected officials from mandatory county cybersecurity training if they meet specified criteria (for example, no use of county network resources or county email). IT and legal staff explained that the committee had voted unanimously to forward the resolution and that its policy language requires an exempted official to have no network access and to accept any limits on county systems.

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