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A column of appreciation to Cybersecurity:
City
ratchets
up
City Manager Winstanley
system security
SKYBOX
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SKYLER
ARCHIBALD
hile I typically try
to be timely in the
writing of this col-
umn, there are times where
that does not work out as
well as I’d like. Such is the
case with this, a column of
appreciation to my friend
Mark Winstanley.
Mark concluded 37 years
of service to the city of Sea-
side at the end of June and
more than 20 years as the
city manager. In fact, Mark
became the city manager the
year that I graduated high
school, a fact I’ve reminded
him of a few times in our
conversations over the years.
It’s incredibly diffi cult
serving in a role like Mark
has for that span of time and
frankly, it’s unprecedented.
It’s a testament to Mark’s
fl exibility, communication
and leadership that he’s been
able to hold that role for so
long, working with numer-
ous elected offi cials, leading
a dynamic and growing city
and responding to signifi cant
changes that have occurred
over that time.
While Mark is well
known in our community,
I want to share some of the
great experiences and lessons
that I’ve learned from him
as we worked fairly close
together in our roles.
Mark has always been
able to navigate the fi ne skill
of learning what to say and
when to say it. That can be
incredibly challenging.
People in that type of
role cannot always speak
their mind in every situation.
They have to be mindful of
the dynamic and the weight
of their voice. Despite that
challenge, Mark was always
incredibly honest and while
I didn’t always agree with
his conclusions or perspec-
tive, I knew he was telling
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Mark Winstanley addresses the City Council at the June 27 meeting.
the truth and I could count on
his word.
Mark has off ered me sup-
port numerous times, going
back to when I was fi rst
hired by the Sunset Empire
Park and Recreation Dis-
trict in 2015. He’s been
there as a resource for me
to ask him questions and I
know he’s provided the same
mentorship to many of his
staff and other folks in our
community.
If you’ve ever been
around Mark, you know that
he truly cares about the city
and the people of Seaside. I
recall many experiences of
walking with him to a meet-
ing, or walking behind him
and seeing him pick up every
piece of litter he saw. He
had a desire to keep the city
immaculate and his approach
to that sets an example to me
and anyone else that may
have seen him.
People often tease Mark
about his apparent sim-
plicity: he had a fl ip phone
until recently, always gets
the cheeseburger at lunch
and generally lives in a very
uncomplicated fashion. He’s
been seeing the same barber
since he was an undergrad-
uate in Corvallis and most
of his wardrobe is a rota-
tion of starchy and light busi-
ness professional shirts and
khaki s.
But what people may not
see is that Mark is a cha-
meleon of sorts. He has the
unique ability to transform
and adapt to the conversation
and perspectives of the cur-
rent and previous iterations
of the City Council.
Those conversations
occur regularly and with
precision: the council meets
individually with the city
manager to work through the
issues and questions that are
on the forefront in our com-
munity. Mark then translates
the collective voice of the
council to the staff and of
course, to the many constit-
uents that he interacts with
regularly.
Despite what you may
have seen or believe, I’ve
appreciated Mark’s sense of
humor and general good-na-
turedness. He loves to laugh
and fi nds humor in all sorts
of situations that would gen-
erally get the best of people.
For instance, Mark contin-
ues to support his beloved
Oregon State Beavers foot-
ball team even though
they’ve lost eight straight
games to the Washington
State Cougars.
What I’ll likely miss
the most about Mark is the
way he treated me during
his time as a city m an-
ager: he looked at me as a
peer, a colleague. He was
available to listen if I had
issues of my own and we
worked together on issues
that aff ected SEPRD and
the city. That type of respect
isn’t common, as much as it
should be.
The city will miss him
greatly and while they’re
in good hands, I wish Mark
the best in his future plans
for travel, family, OSU ath-
letics and hopefully some
much-deserved relaxation.
The 20-page document
outlines requirements and
standards for secure use
of its information systems,
beginning with an inven-
tory of equipment and
ways to implement safe-
guards to ensure the deliv-
ery of critical services.
All new hires are required
to participate in security
training upon hiring and
on an annual basis.
“That’s not to say that
we don’t have policies
already in place around
these topics but this really
expands and makes it
stronger,” Rahl said.
The city will protect
electronic
communica-
tions with a fi rewall and
network
segmentation,
which limits data to cer-
tain employees within the
network.
The city will perform
both internal and exter-
nal network vulnerability
assessments on a quarterly
basis.
Should a cyberattack
be detected, the compro-
mised device would be
removed and reported to
the IT contractor and busi-
ness offi ce. The city would
take actions to determine
exactly what happened
and the scope of the inci-
dent. Actions would be
taken to ensure that the
vulnerability would not
reappear.
An appendix to the
document lays out the
acceptable use of elec-
tronic
communications
by city employees, with
the intent to protect the
employee and the organi-
zation. Inappropriate use
exposes the organization
to risks, including virus
attacks, compromises of
network systems and ser-
vices and legal liability.
The policy received the
unanimous endorsement
of city councilors and
Mayor Jay Barber.
“I read it, and I don’t
fully understand it,” Bar-
ber said. “But I certainly
recognize that it is very
important for us to have
this kind of safety net
under us.”
With its approval by
the City C ouncil, the pol-
icy will be presented to
staff , the City Council and
contractors doing business
with the city, Rahl said.
Any employee found
to have violated this pol-
icy may be subject to dis-
ciplinary action, up to and
including termination of
employment.
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Psilocybin mushrooms are seen in a grow room.
Psilocybin: Two-
year moratorium
headed to voters
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“As I understand it, if we
don’t do this, someone else
is going to be telling us how
this is going to be regulated
in our city,” Mayor Jay Bar-
ber said at the City Council
meeting on July 11. “So we
want to be able to refer this
out so that we will have con-
trol to decide if and how we
would want this marketed, if
it is, within our community.”
According to the city’s
staff report on the draft
ordinance, there is evidence
that the drug may be eff ec-
tive in treating depression,
anxiety, trauma disorders
and obsessive compulsive
disorder.
The Oregon Psilocybin
Services Section will begin
accepting applications for
licensing in January . Until
then, the state is in a devel-
opment period, working to
build the nation’s fi rst reg-
ulatory framework for psi-
locybin services. Rules are
expected by the end of the
year.
Several counties and
cities in Oregon are ask-
ing voters to approve tem-
porary psilocybin bans in
November.
The moratorium in Sea-
side would “tap the brakes
a little bit here in the city,”
Assistant City Manager Jon
Rahl said. “That’s not to
say that the voters couldn’t
vote against this moratorium
as well,” he said. “But it’s
really the only process avail-
able to us to do that to kind
of halt the rule-making for a
short period of time to wait
for that to present itself a lit-
tle bit more.”
In public comment,
Rebecca Read said she had
read about the benefi t of psi-
locybin. “I am interested in
the effi cacy of it as a ther-
apy of some kind of super-
vised therapy of a medical
nature,” she said. “I’m hop-
ing that will be part of the
discussion in the future.”
The draft ordinance will
appear again before the City
C ouncil at its next meet-
ing, at which time it would
be referred to the voters in
November.
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