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IT asks commissioners to fund 9-1-1 CAD upgrade and cybersecurity tools; city to cover 60%
Summary
County IT presented the FY26 top capital request: a 9-1-1 computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system upgrade the city will fund for 60 percent and the county for 40 percent, plus smaller requests for log-management software ($29,500) and an automated testing tool to protect critical systems.
Eric Colwell, the county chief information officer, told commissioners the county’s top FY26 capital request is a 9-1-1 computer-aided dispatch (CAD) upgrade managed by the city of Bridal, which owns the CAD software and runs it in the city’s data center. Colwell said the city will cover 60 percent of the upgrade cost and the county’s request is to cover the remaining 40 percent.
“The city of Bridal actually owns the 9-1-1 system… they own the software, this CAD software. It is running in…
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