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Court creates cybersecurity governance committee to pursue grants and modernize servers
Summary
The Commissioner’s Court approved forming a cybersecurity governance committee to develop a three‑year modernization plan, pursue grant funding for server consolidation, and include cross‑department representatives; committee membership and first meeting will be finalized by staff.
Corey Tennis presented a proposal to establish a cybersecurity governance and planning committee charged with developing a three‑year strategic plan for IT modernization, workforce development and governance. Tennis said server costs and data demands have risen with cloud and AI services, and that grant funding will be needed to replace and consolidate aging operational servers (he cited plans to reduce three servers to one to lower operating costs).
Tennis proposed the committee include the county judge (for signature authority), a commissioner, representatives from the sheriff’s office, the county clerk, treasurer and emergency management, and IT leadership. He said the committee would meet quarterly and help shape grant applications and operational decisions. Commissioners discussed whether to farm out some services versus in‑house consolidation and asked Tennis to finalize membership and coordinate with the county clerk and treasurer. The court approved formation of the committee and asked Tennis to invite members and schedule the first meeting.
Next steps: Tennis will work with county staff to identify final members and schedule the initial quarterly meeting; the court noted budget timing and potential grant opportunities as near‑term considerations.
