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IT officials seek hardware upgrades and fiber rollout; Munis/OpenGov integration planned to attach ordinances to tax liens
Summary
City IT leaders requested funds to replace aged hardware and continue a fiber buildout; staff said the planned OpenGov rollout will let police ordinance tickets feed into Munis so unpaid tickets can become property liens starting this summer.
Springfield’s IT division presented a request to replace aging hardware, continue the municipal fiber deployment and support contractually required software increases. IT leaders said most OTPS costs are contractually obligated—Munis (the city financial system) is the largest single software item—and that software typically rises around 5% annually.
On network priorities, IT staff explained the proposed fiber optic work is…
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