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Independence explores shared IT post with Monmouth, flags deferred maintenance and cyber risk
Summary
City IT director described an arrangement to host a Monmouth‑funded full‑time IT position, outlined budget effects and warned that deferred equipment refreshes could lengthen outages; committee discussed cyber‑liability insurance and reduced proactive maintenance.
The City of Independence IT director told the budget committee staff are negotiating a shared‑services arrangement with the city of Monmouth that would place a full‑time IT employee at Monmouth paid by Monmouth while providing backup and coordination for Independence.
Jason, the city IT director, described the proposed position as “a full time employee, high level employee that I manage. They would report to me, but they would have an office there. They'd be dedicated to Monmouth.” He said the arrangement would also help cover a…
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