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Shawnee IT budget flat after GIS move; staff highlight cybersecurity defenses and potential vendor changes for web accessibility
Summary
IT staff said prices and licensing drive contract increases even as the department loses two GIS positions to community development; presenters emphasized cybersecurity work — noting hundreds of thousands of blocked connections in a single hour — and reported a $50,000 platform savings from a Mendix migration.
An information-technology director (presenting as city IT leadership) said IT’s 2026 budget reflects a reduction in personnel after moving GIS staff to community development but shows contracting cost increases driven by licensing and service changes.
“I pulled a random hour, and we blocked over 308,000 308,000 bad connections in 1 hour,” the IT presenter said, describing the city’s network defenses and the scale of external…
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