Farthing honored with reception, server accepted

During the May 24 commissioner court meeting, the court had a number of items on the agenda, but put to rest the question of a dubious computer server that was being used at the VZC Jail.

During the last commissioners court meeting May 10, the commissioners had tabled a request to accept a computer server that was being used at the VZC Jail to store documents.

Sheriff Deputy Mike Bates once again asked the commissioners to accept the server, now that more information had been obtained

The server had been donated by E.J. Brown, who Bates said was a non-paid deputy, who has solved some of the county’s cold-case homicides. Brown was formerly a member of the Dallas Police Department.

Bates then told the court that an “unpaid department employee, who is no longer volunteering at the jail, refused to give the county the password for the server. He also uploaded some files to a file server and those were considered not secure.”

Brown was not the unpaid deputy in question who had changed and refused to give the county access to the server.

Bates said that since then, the files are now secure and County IT Director Scott Slaton said that once the server is the property of the county, he could call the manufacturer of the server and get a password and the jail could start storing files on the server.

The commissioners approved a donation of a server from E. J. Brown.

A retirement reception honoring Precinct 3 Road and Bridge employee Curtis Farthing was held to honor his 37.5 years of service to the county.

After a standing ovation from the gallery in recognition of his service, Pct. 3 Commissioner Bobby Chaney presented a plaque to Farthing to commemorate his service.

Farthing then had a few words to say that, thanking the county and his co-workers and bosses for the “guidance, cooperation and education,” while working for VZC. 

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