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Kaye Crandall, digital equity manager, and Kim Lund, digital equity coordinator, highlighted a summer partnership with the county’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) that provided laptops and digital skills workshops to participating youth. Crandall said the county provided devices and training on internet safety and basic digital skills; more than 100 SYEP youth earned laptops through the partnership.

The county uses Northstar Digital Literacy curriculum and licenses. Lund provided usage statistics for March through August: 289 unique Northstar users took 634 basic computer tests with 331 passes (a 52.2% assessment pass rate); in the most recent 30‑day window staff reported 107 unique users, 142 tests and a 57% pass rate. Crandall said about 20 Northstar licenses remain available for community organizations, with outreach underway to libraries and community anchors (Lake Villa, Lake Bluff, Grayslake libraries and others) to expand use.

The county’s digital navigator program has held \"learn to earn\" cohorts and basic computer classes in partnership with community organizations including the Patricia A. Jones Center and the Job Center of Lake County. Staff said they post videos and promotional materials and are preparing additional coalition meetings: an in‑person Digital Equity Coalition meeting is scheduled for Sept. 23 at the College of Lake County Lakeshore campus (Eleanor Murkey Community Center) and a Zoom meeting on Oct. 28.

Crandall said Lake County received the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) 2024 Visionary Trailblazer Award recognizing local governments that demonstrate significant progress toward digital equity; staff said other jurisdictions have contacted them to learn from Lake County’s work.

The presentation noted other operational integrations: pass‑through of plow location data (Samsara) to the PASSAGE website, two‑way data sharing with Waze’s Connected Citizens Program, and public‑facing camera snapshots and route notifications. Staff asked committee members to promote Northstar licenses to local community anchor institutions and said more outreach is planned.

The item was informational; no formal committee action was taken.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Technology Committee - August 29, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","County digital‑equity staff reported serving 2,315 residents, providing 1,700 hours of engagement and distributing 537 laptops through workshops, navigators and a summer youth partnership.","taxTitle","Lake County, Illinois","taxId",3918,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6131753,"Lake County committee approves $100,282 purchase to add emergency medical dispatch protocols",573,92000,665000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5728326-7aac3fd84da50c6590c7209347b48f05&start=92&end=665","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5728326-7aac3fd84da50c6590c7209347b48f05/thumbnail_92000.jpg","/articles/6131753/Lake-County/Illinois/Lake-County-committee-approves-100282-purchase-to-add-emergency-medical-dispatch-protocols","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6131753-fc673e2e13ae254f3885b700d45de3b2/orig.mp4?Expires=1770481615&Signature=Ba4cAWF9O5XN4ZyfvmKjyI90WrTDg-ts2ck7QTUF6LuRoEtSr4SUK~BUopkaldFBxbyJxh0Dda8mJL4wob8iXK9EZ4HUSsvmqEvyrAURa7FmWVVp0QECPtGPFFPqooTUGxqo39VbMoA6xA4co1O0AExqbWdakoVTymmrsuikKVIsjIaMVMf0~M8~Mp73LwZoWl80i6taQlYVDbLTRJTY7Spsk5iOZ8aR13sLDzSHHSGpkNZutot218Jb2bGbfaoyPOuGG01kMOJZ7L4FW3EZ0q9ipbo96hm01Qch6Vwv9s~i7D7OWOtl-KHgv5rvJgJ60-Q-nmR3IjO7D6rjdaexug__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Lake County Technology Committee on Aug. 29 approved a joint resolution to purchase a Priority Dispatch Corp. back-end database for $100,281.95 to add Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) protocols to the county 9-1-1 center.

Bernard Melkov, IT manager for the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, told committee members the sheriff’s office is operating under a waiver from the Illinois State Police that exempts them from EMD certification and that the waiver may end. \"Previously, the Lake County Sheriff's Office has been working off a waiver from Illinois State Police, 9 1 1 authority for not having emergency medical dispatch,\" Melkov said. He said the Lake County Emergency Telephone System Board (ATSB) has funded the majority of the project—\"74,000 and change\"—and the county is being asked to approve the total contract because it exceeds the committee’s approval threshold.

The system integrates with the county’s computer-aided dispatch (CAD) and guides dispatchers through health‑care protocols approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health, Melkov said. He described the product as \"an online system that's integrated with our CAD system that we use to dispatch units. It's all integrated, so it goes into the call, and it gives the questions that the dispatcher asks. And then they input the information and it gives the next step of instructions while the ambulance is underway.\" The county’s purchase will cover the portion the ATSB did not fund.

Committee members asked how quickly the system could be implemented and whether it would eliminate call transfers. Melkov said licensing can be enabled quickly and that dispatchers must complete a three‑day certification course; however, he also said EMD will not remove the need to transfer some calls to fire dispatch centers. \"This just allows us to start the call and provide the emergency medical dispatch for those calls. In those circumstances, we'd still have to transfer that call to Glenview or Deerfield or the proper fire department,\" Melkov said.

Member Peterson questioned the need for a second 9-1-1 capability in Lake County and expressed concern about the $100,000 price, noting the county already uses LakeCOM for many emergency calls. Melkov said the system will let the sheriff’s office act as backup for PSAPs (public-safety answering points) during outages and allow dispatchers to provide life‑saving medical instructions before a transfer when appropriate.

The motion to approve the purchase was made by Member Danforth, seconded by Kazbin, and the committee voted \"aye\"; the chair declared the motion carried.

Implementation details recorded during discussion: the ATSB funded roughly $74,000; the county pays the remaining amount not covered by ATSB; dispatchers must be certified; training is a three‑day course; the software is integrated into existing CAD; the purchase is intended to ensure compliance if the Illinois State Police waiver ends and to provide backup capability for other county PSAPs.

No ordinance or statute was cited as a barrier to the purchase beyond the Illinois State Police waiver and the Department of Public Health–approved protocols that the EMD system is designed to support.

The committee did not specify an exact date to enable the software but Melkov said integration could proceed \"quite quickly\" once licensing is approved and dispatchers complete certification.","The Lake County Technology Committee on Aug. 29 approved a $100,281.95 purchase of Priority Dispatch Corp. software to add Emergency Medical Dispatch protocols to the county 9‑1‑1 center, with the Lake County Emergency Telephone System Board covering most of the cost.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6131739,"CIO: Workday end‑to‑end testing underway; payroll parallel testing next step toward Dec. 1 go‑live target",632,3456000,4088000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5728326-7aac3fd84da50c6590c7209347b48f05&start=3456&end=4088","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5728326-7aac3fd84da50c6590c7209347b48f05/thumbnail_3456000.jpg","/articles/6131739/Lake-County/Illinois/CIO-Workday-endtoend-testing-underway-payroll-parallel-testing-next-step-toward-Dec-1-golive-target","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6131739-00926c50f9b8099b0e5b680b4a024380/orig.mp4?Expires=1770481615&Signature=f~44J4sBNp4FZVAG1i5zdoJClrSjS2yV5LfPs2jjMfMnppaChAysVQ2kTXPb-yqEVuqGcymyvH12jzb8uPO9dFVYQmFngTE9R-t1iv5SpOnrfQUrPl6ukJWjTqQ~0LJuYdOwrfMEaNqCYNC7k32to~GP~v3QVCQIhdRBE0Vre4-ga3rCp3ijqrSdADbsROZxZ4mwWm60gBOhtcI~JV~H-C9yT~u3bYmm2U4P0WwNeEttnp7M6RVIhZe-gzHBgAwd7PyfPpJOG5Qxtu6j8csSzCGLoYb11WDklFF0C4pQyWStvtm0kL2iIb9YS4cP3SUrQQmY8aJ57p4lGv6f8lkQiA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Chris Blanding, Lake County chief information officer, told the Technology Committee on Aug. 29 that the county’s Workday enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation has completed five weeks of end‑to‑end testing and is moving into payroll‑focused workstreams.

\"Most notably end to end testing. So this has been going on for five weeks, and it's ending this week,\" Blanding said. He described the testing as a necessary step for county leads to see complete workflows and to find defects that must be fixed by the system implementer. Blanding said \"there's over 70 plus people on the Lake County side that have done a ton of testing\" and that defects identified during end‑to‑end tests will be sent to the vendor integrator for remediation and retesting.

Blanding said the next technical phase is a payroll tenant build followed by payroll parallel testing: the new payroll environment will run alongside the county’s current payroll system to verify results before cutover. He stressed that payroll accuracy is a central priority and that parallel testing is intended to reduce the risk of pay errors at go‑live.

Committee members asked whether the schedule remains on track for the planned Dec. 1 go‑live. Blanding said the project follows Workday’s recommended rollout process, that the integrator and county staff are addressing bugs, and that the project status is currently \"yellow.\" He said buffer time is built into the plan to address high‑severity issues and that the county is preparing cutover and change‑management activities, including training for staff ahead of launch.

No formal action was taken; the item was an informational update. Blanding said staff will continue to report progress and that the county will move to dedicated payroll parallel testing next, with subsequent cutover planning and hypercare (post‑launch support) to follow.","Lake County CIO Chris Blanding said Workday end‑to‑end testing has run for five weeks and is ending. The next steps include payroll tenant build and payroll parallel testing. The integrator will address software bugs found during testing; the project status was described as yellow.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6131744,"Lake County DOT details PASSAGE traffic signal network, fiber and camera system",2289,794000,3083000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5728326-7aac3fd84da50c6590c7209347b48f05&start=794&end=3083","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5728326-7aac3fd84da50c6590c7209347b48f05/thumbnail_794000.jpg","/articles/6131744/Lake-County/Illinois/Lake-County-DOT-details-PASSAGE-traffic-signal-network-fiber-and-camera-system","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6131744-79213452fbda6960de6407cc45d93927/orig.mp4?Expires=1770481615&Signature=M4vGJdg4eu539TnxnRltK0IguUdAaAoGqcX--oK1le9cPJSCl1JoJLsgBKOclA5KzON~0X5TN5Gr46~e4QYEjYVQc2ut9ATrgJgYMDvtRKDCgNHa~8LOw1DuVNxLNNGTeWq2nIIccRtOA-5K3x~fykAtjP9K1nYzB0nR~CkF08dC2v8PKcbQzQ87ac3-RAz~K~8J9JFOfR4BlLJDRWm25WCSOD9038QhwRXYurNcZSy16RsDq~t8fzPx3mOwuCpFiGszEbFEuZ~zxclj9CfZfRaxULuGwvR3ZGLa7r7WK9q1Tb15RIzinGaRBjz7ldI0riToWi98KbmnSqpyZ3UycA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Lake County Department of Transportation staff on Aug. 29 gave the Technology Committee a detailed briefing on the county’s PASSAGE arterial signal synchronization and travel‑guidance system, describing infrastructure, operations, security and future projects including adaptive signal control pilots and a federally funded connected‑vehicle demonstration.

John Nelson, assistant county engineer, and Ryan Legree, Traffic Management Center (TMC) manager, said the county’s network includes fiber connecting signal cabinets and cameras across multiple jurisdictions and is integrated with several outside agencies. \"So today, we have about 314 miles of fiber that we use,\" Nelson said. He said the network links more than 677 traffic signals and approximately 467 pan‑tilt‑zoom (\"pencil zoom\") cameras; Legree later said the county views more than 480 cameras and more than 1,000 total camera/detection data sources when detection cameras are included.

Nelson and Legree described signal‑cabinet components (controllers, malfunction management units, load switches, field wiring, network switches) and noted each cabinet has battery backup that can power an intersection for roughly four to six hours depending on usage. They said the county is rolling out accessible pedestrian signals (APS) required under PROWAG and the Americans with Disabilities Act and replacing push buttons with talk/beep devices for accessibility.

Legree described software systems used by the TMC: a sentraX controller communication platform, an Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures (ATSPM) system that collects high‑resolution controller data for engineering analysis, adaptive control pilot software on Butterfield Road in Libertyville, an inventory database for roughly 3,000 network devices, and integrations with Police CAD, Waze’s Connected Citizens Program, Google/Apple feeds and Samsara (plow tracking). He said the county currently posts snapshot images from cameras on the public PASSAGE website every three to five minutes and retains those snapshots for 10 days; the county does not continuously record camera streams for long‑term retention.

Legree described routine operations: the TMC is staffed weekdays from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., with remote secure access available for after‑hours incidents; the TMC maintains a disaster‑recovery backup site to provide redundancy. On public safety, Legree said police and fire dispatch agencies have access to camera streams under memoranda of understanding for response purposes; the county can restrict access if needed.

Looking ahead, Nelson said the county will continue expanding cameras, fiber and signal connections and is preparing details for a connected‑vehicle demonstration funded with federal dollars. He said the county has been holding the federal funding until standards and industry directions matured; staff attended an international ITS conference to evaluate options.

Committee members asked whether adaptive control operates autonomously. Legree said pilots currently operate within engineered parameters and that fully autonomous AI‑driven adaptive systems exist but require additional inputs (camera/detection and connected‑vehicle data) and traffic‑engineer oversight. He said the county’s installed Ethernet‑based controllers and cabinet switches position it to adopt advanced systems without wholesale replacement.

The presentation did not include any formal vote; it was informational. Nelson and Legree said staff will return with expansion project proposals and that they are working on measures to reduce winter conduit/fiber outages and to deploy additional APS signals.","Lake County DOT staff presented an overview of the county’s PASSAGE traffic management network: 314 miles of fiber, hundreds of cameras and controllers, integration with IDOT and municipalities, snapshot video retention policy, and plans for adaptive signal pilots and a connected vehicle demonstration using federal funds.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":80,"_45":115,"_47":116,"_49":117,"_51":118,"_53":119,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":120,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":121,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6131749,"Committee renews Oxcart permitting agreement; trucking companies to see modest fee increase",125,790000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5728326-7aac3fd84da50c6590c7209347b48f05&start=665&end=790","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5728326-7aac3fd84da50c6590c7209347b48f05/thumbnail_665000.jpg","/articles/6131749/Lake-County/Illinois/Committee-renews-Oxcart-permitting-agreement-trucking-companies-to-see-modest-fee-increase","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6131749-f6595dbcbdf0ecb3d462493d6405a1a4/orig.mp4?Expires=1770481615&Signature=fC2BAqLVXgbV6t5iatsX9ix9K0rmdr0p~HfLHr44Mf8xnbDTDviXTv4M~5GvSkEe5eo64sU6CvdxFYJ3OCg7AlO8pcRytTtmKflm71hzJCdTq8QkHjyyL0kyI7teJoNUOuovbgr2QxpOkWgH3EHLLO2KPKrIDUbIAaE5sTHucIEy6-KFO2wVE93YcshgocMhlGVAkTpk3wsHT70OxQ-FNCcgokqr8KuSr-E6uhPFXZig7st0bnOwkLbuhisYLKUHz5PEaC3-7ACo3kjY74kVDJcDaVMeXjJgIefOUMTXswgVLrzGQWJBFiaTWe2cuxYxvxcrFTaCQU-HP2BXSLqQMQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Lake County Technology Committee approved renewal of an agreement with Oxcart Permit Systems, LLC to provide online permitting and fee collection for oversized and overweight truck movements on the county highway system.

John Nelson, assistant county engineer at Lake County Department of Transportation, told the committee the update replaces a 2018 agreement and keeps the county’s use of Oxcart’s web app for permit applications and approvals. He said the county will not be charged for use of the service and that Oxcart assesses a service fee to trucking companies. \"On average, fees will increase about a dollar per permit,\" Nelson said, giving a specific example: an Oxcart flat fee on a $50 permit would rise from $5 to $6 under the vendor’s new schedule.

Nelson said about 165 municipalities and townships in Illinois and 23 counties use Oxcart; within Lake County he said 16 municipalities are using the system. He told the committee Oxcart’s service runs outside the county IT network as a third‑party website and that permit approvals and payments occur through Oxcart’s system.

Committee members confirmed the application is external to county infrastructure and that the vendor remits revenue or otherwise manages fee collection directly. The motion to renew the agreement was made by Member Danforth, seconded by Member Roberts, and carried by voice vote.

The committee did not record a numeric roll call for the vote; no county expenditure was authorized because the agreement continues at no cost to Lake County.","Lake County approved an updated agreement with Oxcart Permit Systems to continue online permitting for oversized and overweight truck trips on county highways. The county pays no fee; Oxcart raised its service surcharge by about $1 per permit.","actionData","errors"]

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