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Lake County Technology Committee Meeting - May 1, 2026

Committee Meetings — Friday, May 1, 2026
BodyLake County, Illinois
SessionCommittee Meetings
DateFriday, May 1, 2026
StatusFILED
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Transcript — Verbatim
0:12

Good morning, everyone.

0:14

Today is May 1st, 2026, and I call the Lake County Technology Committee to order at 8 30 a.m.

0:20

In addition to being able to attend in person, remote attendance has been made available to the public via Zoom at the link on the agenda.

0:27

This meeting is being recorded through Zoom.

0:29

Can you please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance?

0:33

I fled allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

0:38

And to the Republic for which it stands.

0:41

One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

0:47

Can I get a roll call, please?

0:48

Oh, member Altenburg?

0:52

Here.

0:52

Vice Chair Kasman?

0:54

Here.

0:54

Chair Clark?

0:55

Here.

0:56

Member Dan Ford.

0:58

Member Frank?

0:59

Here.

1:00

Member Peterson.

1:02

And Member Roberts.

1:04

Okay.

1:05

Terrific.

1:06

All right.

1:06

There's no agenda to the agenda.

1:08

Is there any public comment today?

1:10

No public comment.

1:11

All right.

1:11

No chairs remarks.

1:13

No unfinished business.

1:14

Our new business is the consent agenda, which is item 8.1.

1:17

Can I get a motion in a second?

1:18

Motion by Altenburg, second by Frank.

1:20

All in favor?

1:21

Aye.

1:22

Any opposed?

1:23

Motion carries.

1:24

All right, on to our regular agenda.

1:26

Item 8.2 is a joint resolution approving an access control policy.

1:30

Can I get a motion in a second?

1:32

Motion by Vice Chair Kasmin, second by member Roberts.

1:34

Good morning, CIO Blandy.

1:37

Good morning, Chris Blinding, CIO.

1:39

Happy May.

1:41

Morning, Eric Carlson, CQ.

1:44

First two items we have are two policies.

1:48

One is about protecting data and how we do that.

1:52

And one is about ensuring that people who have access to the data have the right controls and only have access to data they need.

2:01

Eric's going to go into a little more detailed overview of the policies.

2:05

I just wanted to highlight and thank the partners around the county and our advice, our policy advisory team that we work with the other IT groups.

2:17

And it's really a collaborative effort.

2:19

It helps uh ensure we get everything that their concerns and we can all uh live by a set of standards in these policies.

2:26

So I really appreciate it appreciative of them and Eric's work with them in the sessions, getting the policies prepared for you all.

2:36

Um then it goes through the county policy process where um the policy coordinators get to comment and there were no comments.

2:44

Um so we're hopeful that because of the great collaboration with the IT groups uh prior to that process that they feel comfortable that these are pretty technical policies.

2:56

So um, and I guess we're getting better at grammar, et cetera.

3:00

So we don't get a lot of comments on that.

3:01

So we're really excited about the process, and Eric will give you an overview of these starting with the access control policy.

3:08

Very good.

3:08

Thanks, Chris.

3:09

Um just a reminder that the the policies that we're bringing forward right now are really standard security policies, and they're based on the NIST framework.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Technology and Innovation█████████████████████████████████████████████71%
Engineering And Infrastructure██████████15%
Records Management████7%
Procedural██3%
Facilities Management█2%
Environmental Protection█1%
Personnel Matters█1%
Summary of Proceedings

Lake County Technology Committee Meeting - May 1, 2026

The Lake County Technology Committee met on May 1, 2026, at 8:30 AM. Chair Clark called the meeting to order, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and roll call. Members present: Altenburg, Vice Chair Kasman, Chair Clark, Frank, Peterson, and Roberts. Member Dan Ford was absent. Remote attendance was available via Zoom. The meeting was recorded. The committee approved several policies, a contract for external threat monitoring, received an annual IT update and an ERP implementation update, and held an executive session.

Consent Calendar

  • Item 8.1 – Consent Agenda: Motion by Altenburg, second by Frank. All in favor, motion carried. No further details provided.

Discussion Items

  • Item 8.2 – Joint Resolution Approving an Access Control Policy: CIO Chris Blandy and Eric Carlson presented the policy, based on the NIST framework, to ensure that personnel have appropriate access to IT resources and that access is reviewed and removed when roles change. The policy formalizes existing practices. Questions arose about auditing access, inventory control of devices (monitors, printers), and the process for changing access based on role. The policy was approved unanimously.
  • Item 8.3 – Joint Resolution Approving a System and Communications Protection Policy: Eric Carlson explained the policy protects county data through secure configurations, encryption, network segmentation, and firewalls. Examples included securing databases, encrypting remote email access, and deploying servers with security baselines. The policy was approved unanimously.
  • Item 8.4 – Joint Resolution Authorizing a Contract with CDWG of Vernon Hills, Illinois, for External Threat Monitoring Software (Amount: $64,855): Chris Blandy and Eric Carlson described the tool as an attack surface management solution that continuously scans over 200 internet-facing county sites and services for vulnerabilities, addressing the increasing use of AI by intruders. The contract was approved unanimously. A deeper security program review is planned for next month.
  • Item 8.5 – Enterprise Information Technology Annual Update: Chris Blandy presented an overview of current projects including Workday ERP, external threat monitoring, Microsoft cloud backup (70 terabytes of cloud data, plus 70 terabytes backup), network switch replacement, remote support modernization, and incident response tabletop exercises. Discussion covered data retention, storage costs, carbon footprint, cybersecurity maturity, and the role of AI agents. The committee expressed interest in retention policies and education for employees.
  • Item 9.1 – Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System Implementation Update: Patrice Evans, internal project manager, provided an update. The transformation alignment phase is complete. The project is currently in foundation data model redesign, business process configuration, and preparing for test scenario creation in mid-May. End-to-end testing begins at the end of June, with a go-live date of December 1, 2026. Post-production support (hyper care) from the implementation partner Strata will last six weeks after go-live. Risks include remaining work on HCM requirements and FDM alignment; mitigation includes increased meeting cadence. The project is in yellow status.

Key Outcomes

  • Item 8.2 (Access Control Policy): Approved unanimously.
  • Item 8.3 (System and Communications Protection Policy): Approved unanimously.
  • Item 8.4 (Contract with CDWG for $64,855): Approved unanimously.
  • Item 8.1 (Consent Agenda): Approved unanimously.
  • Executive Session (Item 12.1): Motion by Roberts, second by Altenberg to enter executive session to review closed session minutes. Roll call: all ayes.
  • Item 13.1 (Approving Executive Session Minutes of October 31, 2025): Motion by Frank, second by Roberts. Approved unanimously.
  • Item 13.2 (Periodic Review of Closed Session Minutes): Motion by Kasmin, second by Peterson. The state's attorney's office recommended that all six items remain confidential. Approved unanimously.
  • Next Meeting: May 29, 2026.

Meeting Transcript

Good morning, everyone. Today is May 1st, 2026, and I call the Lake County Technology Committee to order at 8 30 a.m. In addition to being able to attend in person, remote attendance has been made available to the public via Zoom at the link on the agenda. This meeting is being recorded through Zoom. Can you please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance? I fled allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Can I get a roll call, please? Oh, member Altenburg? Here. Vice Chair Kasman? Here. Chair Clark? Here. Member Dan Ford. Member Frank? Here. Member Peterson. And Member Roberts. Okay. Terrific. All right. There's no agenda to the agenda. Is there any public comment today? No public comment. All right. No chairs remarks. No unfinished business. Our new business is the consent agenda, which is item 8.1. Can I get a motion in a second? Motion by Altenburg, second by Frank. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. All right, on to our regular agenda. Item 8.2 is a joint resolution approving an access control policy. Can I get a motion in a second? Motion by Vice Chair Kasmin, second by member Roberts. Good morning, CIO Blandy. Good morning, Chris Blinding, CIO. Happy May. Morning, Eric Carlson, CQ. First two items we have are two policies. One is about protecting data and how we do that. And one is about ensuring that people who have access to the data have the right controls and only have access to data they need. Eric's going to go into a little more detailed overview of the policies. I just wanted to highlight and thank the partners around the county and our advice, our policy advisory team that we work with the other IT groups. And it's really a collaborative effort.

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