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Kasson City council approves move of Black Mountain software to hosted (cloud) platform; timecard rollout delayed
Summary
Council approved switching the city’s Black Mountain financial and utility software from an on‑premises server to the vendor’s hosted platform, citing staff speed and security benefits. The council agreed to delay moving time‑card functions to the cloud pending implementation details; an annual hosting cost increase was discussed.
Kasson City council voted to move its Black Mountain municipal software from the city’s on‑site server to the vendor’s hosted (cloud) platform, citing faster performance for staff and faster vendor security patching.
The decision matters because staff said the hosted environment substantially reduced transaction times across utility billing and payroll, and the city would stop relying on aging hardware that staff described as a point of failure. City staff also recommended retaining some legacy systems locally during a phased transition and postponing the time‑card module until implementation details were…
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