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City IT warns data analytics roles and system upgrades at risk under FY26 budget
Summary
IT Director Cindy Riordan told the Budget and Public Employees Committee on May 20 that three ARPA-funded data analytics positions and other planning roles were not fully funded in FY26, and that roughly 500 older PCs need replacing to meet Windows 11 requirements; the committee discussed the govQA Sunshine portal and professional-services cuts.
Cindy Riordan, director of Information Technology for the City of St. Louis, told the Budget and Public Employees Committee on May 20 that her FY26 request included positions and upgrades intended to add governance, data management and project-portfolio planning to the IT department, but several requested roles were not funded.
"What we're missing is that governance board, and some data management and portfolio management," Riordan said, describing a desired planning arm to reduce costly, siloed purchases and improve project scope and outcomes.
Riordan said the cityreceived an additional security administrator and converted a shared GIS position to full-time in IT and planning, but that…
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