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IT asks committee for technician hire, lifecycle replacements, copier and phone consolidations
Summary
City IT staff asked the Finance Committee to add a PC network technician, fund lifecycle replacement for monitors/desktops/laptops, allocate $10,000 for secure data destruction, pay ongoing data-center UPS battery maintenance, consolidate most cell-phone billing under IT (Verizon) and absorb copier rental and per‑click costs.
Mister Sims, an IT staff member, presented the department's capital and operating requests to the Finance Committee at the Sept. 18 special meeting, asking for staff and equipment to support citywide IT operations and document management.
Sims said the department seeks to add one PC network technician as a frontline help-desk person so the existing senior staff can focus on infrastructure work. “This will be our frontline person,” Sims said.
Sims listed several line items: $10,000 for secure data-destruction services for retired hard drives; $5,000 for monitors to support desktop lifecycle replacement; funds for desktop and…
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