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County keeps IT replacement reserve intact, proposes no capital charge for 2026–27
Summary
Finance and IT staff told commissioners the county’s IT reserve exceeds projected replacement costs so they recommend suspending capital replacement charges for the 2026–27 biennium while continuing a device/FTE allocation and modest billing reductions tied to prior‑year savings.
Kathy Funk Baxter, finance director, and Travis (IT staff) presented the county’s internal IT cost allocation to the Board of County Commissioners and proposed no capital‑replacement assessment for 2026–27 because the fund’s reserves exceed current replacement estimates. Baxter said the IT reserve is about $3.9 million while the estimated cost to replace most major IT equipment is roughly $3.2 million in today’s dollars; with inflation factored the need would be around $3.7 million. "Our reserve is sitting at $3,900,000, and the cost to actually replace most major pieces of equipment, is sitting at about 3,200,000.0 right now in today's dollars," Baxter said. The county’s allocation…
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