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11/25/24 MINUTES 1 <br />COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES <br />KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON <br />BOCC CONF. ROOM <br />REGULAR MEETING <br /> <br />MONDAY 11:00 A.M. November 25th, 2024 <br /> <br />Board members present: Chairman Brett Wachsmith; Vice-Chairman Laura <br />Osiadacz <br /> <br />Others: Deputy Prosecutor Chris Horner; IT Director Doug Fessler; <br />Assistant IT Director Zane Kinney; Network/Sys Admin Bill Davis; <br />Admin Assistant Grant Shimada <br /> <br />REGULAR MEETING IT STUDY SESSION COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />Commissioner Wachsmith opened the IT Study Session at 11:00 a.m. <br /> <br />CITIZEN COMMENTS <br /> <br />There were no citizen comments. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION InformaCast Update IT <br /> <br />Netsupport Notify is the County’s current emergency notification <br />system that has historically proven to be unreliable and insufficient. <br />A recent incident required an emergency notification to be sent out to <br />all County staff computers but unfortunately was not received by <br />everyone for unknown reasons. Due to this error, there were complaints <br />amongst County staff who wanted to replace Netsupport Notify. IT <br />Director Doug Fessler reiterated the need to replace Netsupport with <br />a new emergency notification system, InformaCast, who gave an <br />implementation timeline of 2 – 4 months. There are physical devices <br />that can connect with InformaCast to help alert the public visiting <br />any County building. IT is currently looking into this as a future <br />project. Commissioner Wachsmith and Commissioner Osiadacz are in favor <br />of InformaCast replacing Netsupport Notify and appreciate Court <br />spending their AOC Grant to fund the first-year subscription of <br />InformaCast. <br /> <br />Commissioner Wachsmith was concerned to learn that a single employee <br />handles sending out the emergency notification via PC and believes the <br />County needs to have a better administrative emergency protocol set <br />up. Commissioner Wachsmith also heard about a department undergoing <br />security training with the Sheriffs and wants to have all County staff <br />go through this training. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />