The Press-Dispatch
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A-4 Local Wednesday, March 13, 2019 The Press-Dispatch Wallace. Councilman Jon Craig moved to approve the mea- sure and councilmen vot- ed 4-2 to approve it. Coun- cilmen Willis, Craig, Todd Meadors and Dennis Bish- op voted for it, while Coun- cilmen Travis Troutman and Randy Harris voted against it. Max Elliott was not at the meeting. Councilmen were given a warning of a long list of ad- ditional appropriations that are going to be needed to up- grade an antiquated court- house computer system. Auditor Judy Gumbel gave a summary of critical needs facing the county as assessed by the Technology Committee. She said the state has mandated e-filing state- wide, which includes having a WIFI network throughout the courthouse to make the court systems records avail- able online. She said one bid from Matrix was for $29,000 to put 16 stations throughout the courthouse. However, she said another company has given them a price of $11,000 to provide 15 WIFI stations. She said they need- ed to do more research on the different options, but the state is mandating a system be operational by May 17, 2019. She said the courthouse server is a 2005 server that originally was designed to only handle the Auditor, As- sessor and Treasurer offic- es. But now it must handle all of the courthouse. An es- timated cost of this is more than $50,000. Highway Superintendent Roger Ham said the highway department's three comput- ers they are extremely old. "The server we are using is an old computer we got from the courthouse." "It is a 2003 computer," said Gumbel. He said it typically takes their bookkeeper 45 min- utes to get her computer up and running. Sheriff Kent Johnson said he sent messages to her and she couldn't retrieve them. When she was able to get the messages they appeared in French. Gumbel said her offices computers were using Mi- crosoft 2007, which is no lon- ger supported. They handle all the accounts receivable. She added the Treasur- er's office also was going to need new computers, but the Treasurer thinks she has enough money in her budget to handle it. Gumbel asked for a spe- cial meeting to give them time to get more informa- tion and prices. "You are going to get more quotes than just Ma- trix? " asked Willis. "Yes! " said Gumbel. They scheduled a special meeting for 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 26. In other business, Asses- sor Mike Goodpaster told councilmen he wanted to combine two positions into a full-time data collector po- sition. He said had wanted to do this for some time, but he recently lost a part-time data entry employee, which gave him the opportunity to com- bine the positions. He said it would actual- ly cost less the first year in wages, but the addition- al cost would be benefits for a full-time position. It was estimated that is about $20,000. Council said they would consider it at the special meeting. LIBRARY Continued from page 1 Life Milestones made free CALL: 812-354-8500 Put a free photo with write up on Weddings, Anniversaries & Engagements. PC Winter guard does well in competition Pike Central's Winter Guard team placed 16th out of 42 schools at the Division Regional A Finals at Center Grove High School in Indianapolis. They also received a gold rating. Team members are front row (l to r) Sydney Forester, Nakiah Hickey, Kyla Cannon and Kena Can- non; middle row: Andi Crume, Haven Roy, Ashley Dulworth and Bianca Dent; top row Wyatt Dillon, Samantha Perry, Cierra Cruz and Max Goslee.