IT specialist hired for Randolph County Courthouse Complex
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ELKINS – The Randolph County Commission introduced Kyle Fox as the county's courthouse complex IT specialist during its most recent meeting.
"Hiring an IT person for the county is something I have been trying to get us to do for a long time," Commissioner David Kesling said. "We finally got it approved to where we were able to hire Kyle Fox in that position at our previous meeting. If you look at the money that we pay out to have someone come look at a camera system, or come look at a printer issue, the hiring is going to pay for this position tenfold."
Fox's hiring was approved at the commission's first meeting of the month back on Feb. 1. He was hired as a full-time employee and will be on a 90-day probationary period at $17.95 per hour with full county benefits.
"From what I've been hearing, he's already been making great strides with our current IT systems the way they are," Kesling said of Fox. "He has been tasked with helping us apply for a cyber grant, which will help us get some more standard and up-to-date equipment… To have someone here onsite that can come and take care of issues for us, instead of paying someone double for overtime on the weekend, is going to pay off for the county."
At the end of the meeting, Kesling welcomed Fox and talked about what some of his duties would be in his new role with the county.
"Kyle is going to be working with us on the redoing of this building (the James F. Cain Courthouse Annex) for the new circuit judge, and also the renovation of the old county jail," Kesling said. "He is also going to be working with us on finally getting the prosecuting attorney moved over to the new prosecuting attorney's office."
Other than the extra work he will be putting in with helping the county revamp some of its facilities, Fox will be tasked with updating the county's systems.
"We are bringing the county into the 21st century," Kesling said. "Part of that is that we are getting rid of paper time sheets. Kyle will be helping with the county's new time and attendance system."
Commissioners said they spent a great deal of time during the last year talking with leaders from other counties who have a full-time IT employee, and came to the conclusion that one was needed in Randolph County.
"Our needs have grown past us using an outside organization," Commissioner Cris Siler said. "We appreciate all the help we've received from the outside, but having a full-time IT guy here is going to make a big difference."
Fox is a 2013 graduate of Buckhannon-Upshur High School. He most recently worked providing cyber security for First Energy.
"I am looking to advance the county and get its technology back up to date," Fox said. "From there I will continually be maintaining all the systems and growing from there."