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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES <br />KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON <br />BOCC CONFERENCE ROOM <br />REGULAR MEETING – IT STUDY SESSION <br />Monday 11:00 am March 14, 2016 <br /> <br />Board members present: Chair Obie O'Brien, Vice-Chair Paul Jewell, and <br />Commissioner Gary Berndt <br /> <br />Others: Jim Goeben, IT Director; Judy Pless, Budget and Finance <br />Manager <br /> <br /> <br />Regular Meeting Commissioners <br /> <br />Call to Order: 11:15 AM <br /> <br />Software Billing and Cost Allocation <br />There was discussion about inner-office billing for software funded <br />through the IT Department’s budget. <br /> <br />Board direction: Finance will create a sub-division in the IT budget <br />for maintenance of software used by all general and non-general fund <br />departments, e.g. Laserfiche. All departments will fund initial <br />licenses. Maintenance for software that is department specific, e.g. <br />Esri and Go-To-My-PC, will continue to be billed to and funded by <br />those departments. <br /> <br />Rate Increase for City of Ellensburg’s MAN Services <br />The City of Ellensburg notified the county that the City Council will <br />consider a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) Services rate increase to a <br />maximum of 15%. A rate increase of 15% will raise the county’s cost <br />from $3133.25 to $3603.24 per quarter, which is an increase of <br />$1879.96 per year. <br /> <br />Board direction: The board directed Mr. Goeben to continue looking for <br />opportunities to move towards lower cost options. <br /> <br />Fiber to Cle Elum <br />Mr. Goeben updated the board on the status of the fiber project. He <br />explained the project was delayed because the City of Ellensburg <br />required Noel Communications to have a pole load study completed prior <br />to hanging fiber on its poles. <br /> <br />Board direction: None. <br /> <br />