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Utica IT budget cuts contractor line, plans two in‑house hires to replace outside services
Summary
The city’s IT director told council the budget shifts funds from a roughly $497,000 two‑year contract into salaries for two new IT technicians to bring more support in‑house while retaining a smaller block‑hours contract for advanced work.
The IT director said the proposed budget reduces the contracted‑services line and increases salaries to hire two IT technicians — one based at city hall and one at the police department — to replace large parts of a multi‑year external contract.
“This was a 2 year contract. It was about $497,000. That was split up 40, 40, 20,” the IT director said, describing the prior contract split…
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