City Council
Regular MeetingSt. Joseph, IL · September 26, 2023
Minutes
MINUTES of the JOINT MEETING of the
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE and TOWN BOARD
September 26, 2023
CALL TO ORDER by Chair John Ringhofer
STATEMENT OF PUBLIC NOTICE read by Chair
ROLL CALL: Chair John Ringhofer, Mary Tyson, Teri Kelly, Anton Rang. Not Present: Joel Skinner
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE recited
ADOPTION OF AGENDA: MOTION to adopt the Agenda (Rang/Tyson). Motion carried.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Technology Committee Minutes of 8‐22‐2023: MOTION to approve the
Technology Committee Minutes from August 22, 2023 (Ringhofer/Kelly). Motion carried.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: Question asked about the status of cable/internet would be available in the Town.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION and/or ACTIONS BY COMMITTEE
1. Ongoing Items
Sunnylink updates:
o Disaster Recovery: Per Sunnylink, this is in place.
o Cloud Backup: Per Sunnylink, this is in progress. Sunnylink would like to bring the
server to perform the backup upload via their new Gigamax internet. The server will be
brought back immediately when finished uploading.
o Document management: Synology: Per Sunnylink, The Synology lives on premise and
IS in‐effect a server. We can implement the Synology Drive aspect of this server where
we can synchronize from anywhere, as well as access from anywhere. The Synology
has tested well with the test group (law firm in New Richmond) and Sunnylink is
comfortable turning it on. There is no licensing cost with the Synology.
o Security for Laptop in Town Hall: Per Sunnylink, the laptop is basically double password
protected. When rebooted, it has a BIOS passcode to proceed and then a password to
enter Windows. In addition it will soon be BitLocker Encrypted to make data recovery
after theft impossible.
Google Drive‐Alerts: John stated he had set up alerts in Google and tested the alerts. There
is no way to filter it down further, so it is very
Town Hall addition update: The Board has asked Stantec to provide a site plan for a new
building.
RECOMMENDATIONS TO TOWN BOARD: None
ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA: All Sunnylink updates, Town Hall update.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING: October 24, 2023
ADJOURNMENT: MOTION to adjourn at 6:33 pm (Rang/Tyson). Motion carried.
Minutes submitted by Teri Kelly
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