Memorandum
Date: May 30, 2025
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Luke Bingham, Sheriff/Coroner
Subject: (a) Approve purchases of replacement computer equipment from MGT Impact Solutions, Dell and Berkeley Communications and (b) Approve budget transfer from the Sheriff/Jail budget 2301 to the Sheriff/Central Dispatch budget 2202.
Executive Summary:
The Lake County Sheriff's Office relies on a system of servers to conduct business operations on a daily basis which are now past their service life.
Our existing RIMS server is operating on Windows Server 2012, which has reached its end of life and is no longer receiving critical security updates from Microsoft. As a result, the system is increasingly vulnerable to security risks and operational failures. This is one of two remaining Windows Server 2012 systems in our environment, and we are beginning to experience compatibility issues due to recent updates released for supported systems. These updates are starting to break functionality on our legacy servers, making it clear that continued operation on these platforms is unsustainable.
Additionally, our Sheriff's Office relies heavily on two HyperFlex servers that currently host our virtualized environment for all Sheriff-related virtual machines. These servers must also be replaced to maintain system reliability, performance, and compatibility with modern software requirements.
As part of this infrastructure upgrade, we will also update the RIMS server's operating system and migrate to a supported version of Microsoft Structured Query Language (SQL) to ensure the integrity, performance, and supportability of our data systems.
These upgrades are essential to maintain uninterrupted operations, secure communication, data storage, and user access across all Sheriff's Office functions.
This project includes exemptions from the completive bidding process per Lake County Code of Ordinances Article X sections 2-38.4 and 2-38.5. The quote for...
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