INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMMITTEE

January 8, 2014

The Information Systems Committee met on, January 8, 2014, in Room 1053.

Chair John Penney called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. and read the open meeting statement. 

Members present: Chr. John Penney, Cty. Bd. Chr. Dick Koeppen, Supr. Jim Loughrin, Ian Grasshoff, and Robert Reath.  Sheri Wieters was excused and represented by Heidi Dombrowski.  Also in attendance were Chris Dalhoe, Brent Wyland, Brian Haase, Terry Wilz, Chuck Price, and Jed Wohlt.

Review and accept the agenda.  A motion was made by Cty. Bd. Chr. Koeppen to approve the amended agenda to reflect the date change to January 8, 2014.  Motion was seconded by Supr. Loughrin.  Motion carried without a negative vote.

Minutes of the previous meeting.  A motion was made by Supr. Loughrin to accept the minutes from the previous meeting.  Motion was seconded Cty. Bd. Chr. Koeppen.  Motion carried without a negative vote.

Approve bills.   The December bills were presented and discussion was held.  Cty. Bd. Chr. Koeppen made a motion to accept the bills and forward them to the finance committee.  Supr. Loughrin seconded the motion.  Motion carried without a negative vote.

Director’s Report.

None to report.

Old Business

None to report.

New Business.

Request purchase of computer equipment – DHHS Sanitarian, Jed Wohlt – C. Price stated that DHHS is working in partnership with UW Oshkosh to supply extra staff to help out the county’s sanitarian.  J. Wohlt is trying to setup up a micro lab where this extra staff would be located.  The request is for a networked computer, tough book, or both, and mobile printers to allow the user to enter data.  Discussion followed with the committee agreeing to recover the existing laptop from J. Wohlt, purchase of a toughbook, purchase of mobile printers, a tech slide of a computer for the lab, and purchase of peripherals.  Cty. Bd. Chr. Koeppen made to a motion to approve the solution as agreed upon.  Supr. Loughrin seconded the motion.  Motion carried without a negative vote.

Phone system in 911 center deficiencies-Moducom (Two Way Communications) to Shoretel – C. Dalhoe presented the committee a synopsis of the issue at the communication center.  B. Wyland stated that caller ID never did display on the monitors in the comm. center prior to the installation of Shoretel phones; therefore, the problem lies in the Moducom software.  The analog Moducom software is currently running on a Windows 2000 computer.  T. Wilz stated that Moducom is working with Shoretel to find a solution.  The Sheriff Department is working with Two Way Communications to produce a quote for an upgrade of the Moducom software.  This budgeted upgrade would be installed in 2015, if approved.  H. Dombrowski said that it was good that the SO Department is communicating to the committee about future costs and possible funds availability.

Request purchase of workstation – Land & Water – Brian Haase – The user for which request is for is currently working on a 6 year old computer with a 32bits system.  L & W would have the funds to purchase a new workstation where a new version of AutoCAD would be compatible.  B. Wyland estimates the cost to be around $2,500.  Discussion followed with Supr. Loughrin making a motion to approve the purchase of the workstation.  Cty. Bd. Chr. Koeppen seconded the motion.  Motion carried without a negative vote.

Public Comment – None to report.

Adjourn.  A motion was made by Cty. Bd. Chr. Koeppen to adjourn the meeting at 9:53 a.m.  Supr. Loughrin seconded the motion. Motion carried.

The next meeting will be Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 9:00 a.m., Room 1053.