The Starke County Council and Commission members discussed two requests by IT Director Richard Franks last week.
Sheriff Bill Dulin agreed to pay $15,900 out of his budget to pay for the service agreement for the Computer Aided Dispatch program which leaves about $14,100 of the agreement unfunded.
The CAD system maintains records for all calls, jail software and Jail Tracker system.
The suggestion was to take the funding out of the Jail CEDIT Fund which was recommended by the commissioners and approved by the county council.
Franks also recommended spending $10,000 out of the Cumulative Capital Development Fund for off-site Cloud storage like Couchbase to help protect the county’s data from potential ransomware attacks.
Council President Dave Pearman asked why the firewall already being paid for can’t be used, but Franks explained that the firewall is not enough protection.
The county is also insured to cover the cost of lost business in the event of a randomware attack.
The council unanimously approved the expense. Pearman reminded those in attendance that there is an employee policy in place in regards to opening certain email attachments and content from other sources.
