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Coconino County IT presents digital-transformation, cybersecurity and broadband plans; warns FY28 funding cliff
Summary
Coconino County’s IT division told the Board of Supervisors on May 14 that one-time stimulus funds enabled major infrastructure upgrades this year but warned those reserves will likely be exhausted by FY28, exposing an ongoing lifecycle funding need.
Coconino County’s Information Technology division briefed the Board of Supervisors on May 14 about digital-transformation projects funded with one-time federal stimulus dollars, routine lifecycle needs and an expected funding “cliff” in fiscal 2028 if the county does not identify sustainable revenue for recurring infrastructure replacement.
IT Chief Matt Fowler and Deputy/Business leads described how roughly $4 million in non-ARPA “revenue loss” stimulus funds have been stewarded to support enterprise upgrades (a new storage array, next-generation firewalls, network micro-segmentation, disaster-recovery appliances and digital transformation grants to other departments). Fowler said the stimulus funds allowed purchases that would otherwise have been large one-time capital…
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