City Council
Regular MeetingSt. Joseph, IL · January 23, 2024
Minutes
MINUTES of the JOINT MEETING of the
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE and TOWN BOARD
January 23, 2024
CALL TO ORDER by Chair Ringhofer at 6:00 pm
STATEMENT OF PUBLIC NOTICE read by Chair
ROLL CALL: Teri Kelly, Theresa Johnson, Laurie DeRosier; Online: Chair John Ringhofer, Joel Skinner,
Anton Rang, Mary Tyson, Tim Whiteside-Sunnylink
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE recited
ADOPTION OF AGENDA: MOTION to adopt the agenda (Rang/Ringhofer). Motion carried.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Technology Committee Minutes of 12-19-2023 – will be reviewed and
approved next month.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: None
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION and/or ACTIONS BY COMMITTEE
1. Ongoing Items
Sunnylink updates:
o Disaster Recovery/Cloud Backup: Tim Whiteside, Sunnylink, discussed the status of the
disaster recovery/cloud backup. Sunnylink is our backup cloud provider. The Town
backup is being completed and is working properly.
Google Drive/Shared Storage Solution: Tim Whiteside discussed the Synology Drive and the
status. Propose to setup the Technology Committee setup with the Synology Drive to test it
and then potentially send a recommendation to the Board. Discussed accessing the
Synology Drive. Will have the Technology Committee setup in Synology and will put the
materials for all Technology meetings into both the Google Drive and the Synology Drive.
The Technology Committee will test the Synology Drive before recommending to the Board.
Town Hall update: Tim Whiteside discussed the possibility of sharing the wireless
connection from the Town Hall to the Fire Department. Will further discuss the cabling
plans as they are received. Discussed the items discussed at the last Board meeting:
lighting, electrical, security, etc.
Password management: Discussed the need for creating a password management policy.
Discussed using LastPass with a two-factor authentication. John will review password
managers for the next meeting.
Review IT Budget: Reviewed the payments for Town Web Design and internet
RECOMMENDATIONS TO TOWN BOARD: None
ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA: Remove Sunnylink updates, Google Drive/Synology/Shared Storage
Solution, Password Management, sub bullet for Password Storage, Town Hall update, Review IT Budget
DATE OF NEXT MEETING: February 27, 2024
ADJOURNMENT: MOTION to adjourn at 6:59 pm (Ringhofer/Kelly). Motion carried.
Minutes submitted by Teri Kelly
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