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8/28/2023 MINUTES 2 <br />UPDATE GIS CONSULTANT IT <br /> <br />Mr. Kinney outlined IT’s intention to contract GIS consulting services. <br />The goal is to have a consultant assess the county’s existing <br />environment, assist with an ESRI upgrade, and transfer knowledge to IT <br />and GIS staff. Mr. Kinney noted this would not replace the need for <br />filling the vacant GIS position. Mr. Kinney has reviewed several <br />agencies/consultants and is actively pursuing a contract with one of <br />them. <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE SESSION IT <br /> <br />At 11:21 a.m. Chairman Wright announced the Board would recess into <br />Executive Session for five minutes pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(a)(ii) <br />to consider, if in compliance with any required data security breach <br />disclosure under RCW 19.255.010 and 42.56.590, and with legal <br />counsel available, information regarding the infrastructure and <br />security of computer and telecommunications networks, security and <br />service recovery plans, security risk assessments and security test <br />results to the extent that they identify specific system <br />vulnerabilities, and other information that if made public may <br />increase the risk to the confidentiality, integrity, or availability <br />of agency security or to information technology infrastructure or <br />assets. No action anticipated. <br /> <br />At 11:26 a.m. the Board reconvened out of Executive Session. No <br />action was taken. <br /> <br />REQUEST APPROVAL ADDITIONAL IT STAFF IT <br /> <br />Mr. Fessler followed up on a previous discussion with the Board <br />regarding the need for hiring an additional senior developer to help <br />reduce the Assistant IT Director’s wide scope of responsibilities. <br />Mr. Fessler and Mr. Kinney worked with Mr. Elliott and Mr. Carlson <br />on developing a plan to achieve IT’s objectives. <br /> <br />Chairman Wright asked what the county would gain by investing in an <br />additional developer and a part-time database administrator. Mr. <br />Fessler responded that the goals are for the IT department to be <br />proactive instead of reactive, to provide transparency for end <br />users, and to move away from custom applications toward third-party <br />software. Mr. Kinney stated that the proposal for additional staff <br />would be in service of making the entire county more efficient. <br /> <br />Mr. Elliott offered his support and noted that fixing inefficiencies <br />would be a long-term cost savings. <br /> <br />Chairman Wright, Vice-Chairman Wachsmith, and Commissioner Osiadacz <br />all approved the additional senior developer position as well as a <br />part-time project specialist for database administration.