Glynn County IT: Livestreaming upgrades, Teams rooms and fiber migration under way

David West, CIO in the IT department, briefed the board on multiple IT initiatives: user-experience surveys (above the 10% response target), a nearly finished AV upgrade at the library conference center and a county-wide rollout of Teams Rooms and Zoom-capable conference rooms.

West described the library conference room project as roughly 95% complete, with confidence monitors, ceiling short-throw projectors, multiple audience monitors and two cameras per back door for live streaming. He said the IT team treats meeting streaming as "our version of a Google review" and aims to keep public livestreams free of audio and video faults.

On telecom migration, West said AT&T has issued notices to discontinue analog lines and the county is accelerating fiber projects to replace legacy circuits; he reported a recent $27,000 savings in lease-line costs after cuts and said further savings will be reallocated to hardware and software investments.

Commissioners and Tamara praised the IT improvements and noted continued attention to rare livestream "hiccups" and to expanding redundancy at remote facilities such as the casino and satellite boardroom.