Chris Martin, the county’s IT director, updated Linn County commissioners on Nov. 24 about technology work and staffing needs.

Martin said IT had opened 1,504 tickets year to date and closed 1,491, replaced public works cell phones, installed generator monitors at the health department and a tower site, and set up a live dashboard in the emergency management and fire office. He said work continues on the radio encryption transition for local police and the sheriff's office and that three SRO VPN connections have been completed with one remaining.

Martin told the commission that Nick Graham will leave in January and asked for permission to post the position so a new hire could overlap for training. Commissioners agreed to allow posting. Martin also said a website kickoff meeting was scheduled and the team will compress timelines to get the site launched.

No formal action beyond permission to post the vacancy was recorded in the meeting minutes.