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County GIS and IT staff outline mapping, grant work and cybersecurity investments
Summary
The county’s GIS officer reviewed long‑running mapping and section‑corner projects and state grant funding; the IT director outlined a five‑year plan, help‑desk rollout, cloud migration and upcoming security upgrades including door access and cameras.
Neil Martino, the county’s land information/GIS officer, described a decade‑plus program of parcel digitization, section‑corner remonumentation (about 2,300 corners located with GPS-grade coordinates), web mapping services, and annual state grant funding (roughly $100,000–$135,000) that supports land‑records modernization. He said the office has purchased a large format printer/scanner, manages aerial imagery updates and must submit a new three‑year land information plan to qualify for state grants.
Danny Garder, the county IT director, said the county centralized IT in 2022, created an IT help desk for more than 100 users, and is developing a multi‑year plan to replace servers, networks and Wi‑Fi access points and to migrate toward cloud‑based services where appropriate to reduce hardware overhead. He said the county will pursue door‑access and camera security upgrades; an expansion controller and fob readers will be required to meet some audit and security needs. Garder scheduled a vendor review with Computer Doctors on Aug. 13 to refine costs and service levels.
Both staff emphasized grants and phased planning: GIS work depends heavily on state grants tied to benchmarks, while IT projects will be staged and brought forward with cost estimates for inclusion in departmental budgets.
