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County GIS and IT teams report Esri licensing tier changes, imagery reflight and AI governance steps
Summary
Natrona County’s GIS team flagged an upcoming Esri enterprise-license tier upgrade, reported a vendor-funded reflight on ortho imagery, and said elevation data is available; county IT announced a new cybersecurity hire, website ADA improvements and work on AI governance and disaster recovery.
Denise Wescup, regional GIS administrator, and Eileen Hill, county IT director, briefed commissioners on technology priorities and upcoming contracts.
Wescup said the regional GIS cooperative plans to renew its enterprise-license agreement with Esri and will likely move to a higher tier to accommodate more than 360 internal users; the cooperative negotiated a four-year rather than a three-year term to smooth future renewals. She reported a reflight of high-resolution ortho imagery was required after quality issues and that the vendor (EagleView) carried the cost of reflight. The county’s most recent elevation (LiDAR-derived) contours are processed and available for public use, Wescup said.
Wescup also said Natrona County has been nominated for an early third‑party data-readiness check for NextGen 911 statewide implementation and that a state bill will fund an implementation study; the county hopes to be ahead on data quality and inventory work.
Eileen Hill said the IT office hired a dedicated cybersecurity analyst to strengthen awareness, incident response and vendor-security review clauses. Hill described a recent website redesign that added an ADA-accessible toggle for PDF content, a forthcoming employee hub for benefits and resources, pilots for document e-signing, and a disaster-recovery site at Fire District Station 7. She said the county is building an AI governance framework that will include an audit of current tools, disclosures, risk assessments, training and vendor/security guidance.
Commissioners thanked the teams for their work on imagery, GIS datasets and cybersecurity and asked staff to continue coordination with state partners on NextGen 911 and with county legal staff on vendor-security clauses.
