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Kittitas County reports website progress, backs AI assistant idea; SharePoint work tabled
Summary
Assistant IT Director Zane Kinney told commissioners that vendor Diagram Inc. is progressing on a new county website with a demo possible by April; he also proposed a cloud‑hosted AI web agent (the Board supported adding it via a budget amendment). IT said a separate SharePoint project will be tabled to prioritize work.
Kittitas County IT staff reported steady progress on a new public website and said the county may demonstrate the site at the next study session in April. Assistant IT Director Zane Kinney credited vendor Diagram Inc. with steady progress and said he will begin training and department data migration.
Mr. Kinney described a cloud‑hosted, web‑based AI agent designed to help users by pulling information from specific county websites rather than searching the broader internet. The Board expressed support for the idea and was told the tool would be implemented through a budget amendment; the transcript does not specify the amendment amount.
Separately, IT Director Doug Fessler and Mr. Kinney informed the Board that the SharePoint project will be tabled so IT can focus on higher‑priority departmental matters. No vote or formal motion on the SharePoint decision was recorded in the study session minutes.
The study session adjourned at 1:57 p.m.
