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County IT director urges state to centralize procurement to lower subscription and vendor costs
3854877 · May 22, 2025
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Trempealeau County IT Director Tim Robertson urged legislators to consider statewide procurement and base-application contracts to reduce local subscription costs and counter vendor consolidation in public-safety technology.
Tim Robertson, Trempealeau County IT director, told visiting legislators that the shift from one-time software purchases to subscription licensing has driven up local costs and that consolidation among suppliers limits county bargaining power.
"Over the last 10 years, the IT budget has gone up 60%, but our levy dollar cost has gone…
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