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DuPage County IT reports ERP delay, mainframe shutdown target moved to June
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Summary
County IT gave progress updates on the ERP implementation, mainframe shutdown, records-management upgrades and other projects; staff said ERP work remains unfinished, a sheriff’s office application delayed the mainframe transition, and savings from the shutdown may be deferred until 2026.
DuPage County IT provided project updates to the Technology Committee on April 1, reporting continued work on the county’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation, a projected June go-live for a sheriff’s warrant application, and other system upgrades.
IT staff told the committee that the ERP implementation has made “tremendous progress” but is not yet ready for a system-wide rollout. Staff said there are confidential issues they could not discuss in open session and offered to brief committee members directly. The committee’s executive sponsor, Nick Hotmeyer, was cited by staff as directing that the county not proceed with a rollout until the product is “almost as close to perfect as possible.”
On the mainframe retirement, staff said they are working with the sheriff’s office on a warrant application that had targeted a January go-live but is now projecting a June deployment; until that application is removed, the county will continue operating the mainframe. Staff estimated annual maintenance savings of roughly $150,000 to $200,000 once the mainframe is fully retired, but told the committee those savings may not materialize this fiscal year if the final application remains on the system past the intended date.
Other updates included:
- A portal upgrade (Mingle) completed by ERP support staff that increases functionality for users.
- An ImageXpress server upgrade for the MHC environment, expected to complete in May, intended to improve stability.
- An upgrade of the police records management system (PRMS) to improve functionality and reporting, and a parallel consortium-led request for proposals (RFP) to evaluate modern records-management platforms for about 31 law-enforcement agencies in the county; staff expect a selection by the end of the year.
- Continued work on operational-excellence initiatives and a report on handling service requests that staff expect to present at a future quarterly meeting.
Staff also summarized recent outreach: a municipal roundtable and a Gartner presentation forecasting federal-level changes that could affect technology funding and programs, and renewed access to state cybersecurity resources through the state Chief Information Security Officer, Jason Bowen, who staff said has opened channels for better engagement with municipalities.
Staff invited committee members to the next meeting on May 1 and said meetings are held in person with a virtual option.
