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City email disrupted; council discusses webmail workaround as USDA payment requests are delayed
Summary
Council members discussed temporary webmail access and warned against downloading apps during the investigation; the mayor said USDA payment schedule requests related to a water project could not be processed while systems are being examined.
Council members raised immediate operational problems tied to the cybersecurity investigation, including how to access city email and a reported inability to process USDA payment schedule requests related to the water project.
Robert explained how to access city email via webmail and said usernames are city email addresses, noting the need for care with passwords. "If we're gonna use webmail ... go to webmail ... Your username is your email address," he said during the meeting. The mayor and others expressed caution about downloading apps while the investigation is ongoing.
The mayor said certain external requests for the water project could not be opened or processed: "... the USDA can't even open, request that they've had for Mindy for payment schedule ... they cannot even receive at this point in time." Mindy was asked to provide an estimated timeline for the IT report. No completion date was given during the meeting.
