Technology Committee Minutes

June 4, 2025, 1 pm

Zoom

Action Items:

The TC approved the final 2026 Technology budget proposal.

Present: E. Foley (1), J. Bailey (2), L. Schmiedicke (3), S. Kucher (5), J. Holmes (7), C. Huston (8), N. Snortum, (9-10), C. Wong (11-13) P. Garvey (11-13)

Absent: C. Danner (4), R. Mader (6), M. Spelman (11-13)

Excused: None

Recorder: Michelle Karls (SCLS)

SCLS Staff Present: Vicki Teal Lovely, Andrew Hoks

1. Call to Order at 1:02 pm

a. Introduction of new member: Welcom Carla Huston of BER!

b. Introduction of guests/visitors

i. Andrew Hoks will be serving as facilitator for this group. 

c. Changes/Additions to the Agenda

i. None.

d. Requests to address the Committee

i. None.

2. Approval of previous meeting minutes: April 2, 2025

a. Motion: J. Holmes moved approval of the April meeting minutes.  J. Bailey seconded.

b. Discussion: none.

c. Vote: motion carried.

3. Action Items

a. Approve final 2026 Technology budget proposal

i. Motion: S. Kucher moved approval of the final 2026 Technology Budget proposal.  L. Schmiedicke seconded.

ii. Discussion: V. Teal Lovely displayed the proposal and pointed out that below there is a description of what’s included in each budget line. There was an increase in central server hardware. Telecomm equipment is going down a bit after we switched to another vendor for network equipment however the cost of access points have not dropped since the increase post-pandemic. Help Desk software costs are increasing a bit each year.  Broadband costs stay stable over time.  Third party products are mostly fees we pay to a vendor for scripting support, etc.  Salary/benefits budget increased quite a bit because of the increase in healthcare. This budget is a 2% increase from 2025.  In 2025 SCLS added additional state aid to offset costs and that will stay the same for 2026.  AMH line has to do with the fact they are being stepped into their full fees over five years. They are not part of cost formula right now.   Contingency fluctuates quite a bit.  We collect amortized fees for all the replacements we do and save it up then spend large amounts in some years, which we will be doing this year.        

iii. Vote: motion carried.

4. Reports

a. Technology Report

i. V. Teal Lovely reviewed the April/May 2025 Technology Report.  A. Hoks mentioned the first two bullet points in the report have been completed. 

5. Items from Clusters for initial discussion

a. P. Garvey asked if there was anything they can do to prepare for the migration.  V. Teal Lovely reported not at this time. 

6. Requests for New Service

a. A. Hoks reported that we will have a few things that may need to be voted on at an upcoming meeting. Charles Danner from PCPL has requested that we re-add Firefox to patron PCs. The reason it was removed was there was no central management for it. It had to be managed with custom scripts.  Firefox now has centralized management via Group Policy.  A. Hoks has started looking into it.   C. Danner also asked about allowing right-click anywhere on the patron PC (i.e. the desktop).  That has been disabled for security reasons.  This one will take a bit of time to research on how to disable all the menu items with a right-click. 

7. Discussion

a. None.

8. Plan for Next meeting:  August 6, 2025 at 1 pm via Zoom.

a. Discussion: 2026 technology services ideas

9. Adjournment at 1:35 pm

For more information about the ILS Committee, contact Vicki Teal Lovely.

SCLS staff are available to attend cluster meetings to share information and answer questions pertaining to this committee meeting and other departmental projects.

Technology Committee/Minutes/06-2025