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El Campo moves to in-house IT, flags rising software costs and GIS investment
Summary
City staff told the council at a Sept. 15 workshop that the city has shifted from contracted IT to an in-house IT director, highlighted ongoing GIS work and said citywide software and license costs are rising, including one-time planning-software implementation costs.
City finance and IT staff told the council at a Sept. 15 budget workshop that the city transitioned from contract IT services to an in-house IT director last year and that some line items previously budgeted as transfers will disappear as the new structure is absorbed into the general fund. "We're getting away from the contract IT services," Britney (staff member) said, adding that software-support costs have increased and that several one-time conversion costs are in the proposed FY2026 package. Why it matters: The shift to in-house IT changes how the city budgets for software and…
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