Minutes - Aug. 19, 2013 Regular Meeting

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B K 00025 PG: 0891 Aye: Dalrymple, Frazier, Knecht, Parks, Reives, Smith, and Womack Nay: None The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. Mr. Edwards presented the third item pertaining to the IT Department for the Enterprise Agreement Payment for Microsoft Software Licensing. Mr. Edwards stated the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement provides access, support, future version upgrades, enhancements, and licensing for compliance to Microsoft licensing agreements for server operating systems, desktops /laptops, and the County email system. After discussion, Commissioner Frazier moved to approve the Enterprise Agreement Payment for Microsoft Software Licensing in the amount of $95,213.35, a copy of which is attached to these Minutes and by this reference made a part hereof. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Frazier, Knecht, Parks, Reives, Smith, and Womack Nay: None The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board considered the fourth and final matter for the IT Department which was a renewal lease for the Enterprise Data Storage Hardware Refreshment between Lee County and DDI. Mr. Edwards stated the proposed renewed lease allows a much needed refresh of Lee County's compellent Storage Center architecture hardware. The current hardware has been in place for more than 2 years with other core pieces being in place for over 3 years and has surpassed its peak for performance and usability. Several core pieces of the equipment are reaching end of life for support during the 2013 -14 fiscal year. Mr. Edwards stated, better, more efficient, more cost effective, and more functional equipment is now available. The requested lease will refresh the primary storage site at the Lee County Government Center which houses more than 90% of the county's mission critical data that it uses to operate on a daily basis. This refresh will also allow the county to have continued assurance for a highly resilient, highly available IT environment. The renewal lease is a modification of an existing lease for replacing existing equipment with new refreshed hardware. The total additional lease cost over a new 60 -month term is $57,617 but will not increase the current budgeted lease payments so there will be no increase in the operating costs that result from the renewal. After discussion, Commissioner Frrazier moved to approve the Lease Agreement with DDI, a copy of which is attached to these Minutes and by this reference made a part hereof. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Frazier, Knecht, Parks, Reives, Smith, and Womack Nay: None The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board considered a request from the Sheriff's Office for the School Resource Officer Program. Sheriff Carter asked the Board to create a separate budget for the School Resource Officer (SRO) Program in order to keep the expense and revenue separate as is being done in the Animal Control budget. County Manager John Crumpton stated he had met with the Sheriff and staff to work out a budget similar to what the Animal Control budget is to make it easier to track a projected budget for FY 2013 -14 to support the transition of the SRO Program from the Lee County Schools to the Sheriff's Office. The proposal is for $137,225 of which $40,000 would be supported by State drug asset funds provided by the Sheriff. The department would transfer from the Sheriff's Office /Animal Control budget $33,220. A difference of $86,404 is requested from the County to support this budget proposal if funding of $261,800 is received from the schools, $342,204 if funding is not received from the In