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Board approves dark-fiber buildout to link county buildings, staff says long-term savings expected
Summary
Supervisors authorized IT to proceed with dark-fiber installation connecting county buildings (courthouse, engineer's office, sheriff's office, public health, Heritage Building and county attorney), citing ISAC recommendations and projected server-cost savings.
The board approved a plan to install dark fiber to link multiple Chickasaw County buildings, a measure staff said would reduce the number of servers and recurring costs and make county IT services more efficient. The motion authorized IT staff to communicate with the vendor and to proceed with hooking up the courthouse, public health/community service building, engineer's new office, the Heritage Building, the county attorney's office and the sheriff's office.
Staff said initial quotes included labor and installation and that data-processing accounts would cover build costs; one estimate cited in the discussion was $1,400 to bring fiber to a location, with larger build estimates discussed for full-server alternatives. The board emphasized redundancy and emergency access (multiple providers, colocated racks) and carried the motion by voice vote.
