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KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
BOCC CONFERENCE ROOM
REGULAR MEETING – IT STUDY SESSION
Monday 11:00 am March 14, 2016
Board members present: Chair Obie O'Brien, Vice-Chair Paul Jewell, and
Commissioner Gary Berndt
Others: Jim Goeben, IT Director; Judy Pless, Budget and Finance
Manager
Regular Meeting Commissioners
Call to Order: 11:15 AM
Software Billing and Cost Allocation
There was discussion about inner-office billing for software funded
through the IT Department’s budget.
Board direction: Finance will create a sub-division in the IT budget
for maintenance of software used by all general and non-general fund
departments, e.g. Laserfiche. All departments will fund initial
licenses. Maintenance for software that is department specific, e.g.
Esri and Go-To-My-PC, will continue to be billed to and funded by
those departments.
Rate Increase for City of Ellensburg’s MAN Services
The City of Ellensburg notified the county that the City Council will
consider a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) Services rate increase to a
maximum of 15%. A rate increase of 15% will raise the county’s cost
from $3133.25 to $3603.24 per quarter, which is an increase of
$1879.96 per year.
Board direction: The board directed Mr. Goeben to continue looking for
opportunities to move towards lower cost options.
Fiber to Cle Elum
Mr. Goeben updated the board on the status of the fiber project. He
explained the project was delayed because the City of Ellensburg
required Noel Communications to have a pole load study completed prior
to hanging fiber on its poles.
Board direction: None.
Other business
Mr. Goeben updated the board:
Permit Software – Mr. Goeben updated the board about the software
team’s activities during his medical leave. Members of the team
are reconsidering the recommendation made to the board. He has
requested updated costs from the top rated vendors and the team
will meet to reconsider its recommendation. The board directed
Mr. Goeben to continue to facilitate the Permit Software
Committee and bring a recommendation to the board.
Service Level Agreement – IT will send an updated SLA to the
elected and appointed officials.
Adjourned: 11:40 PM
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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Jim Goeben, IT Director Obie O'Brien, Chairman