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Franklin IT seeks staff and tech upgrades, asks $1.2M for traffic, data-center and development tools
Summary
The City of Franklin information technology department asked the Budget & Finance Committee for three program enhancements totaling $1.2 million, a mid-level developer position, and funds to replace an aging data-center backup and HVAC system. Officials also outlined planned police records upgrades and an internal AI policy.
Jason Potts, director of information technology for the City of Franklin, told the Budget & Finance Committee on Feb. 6 that IT is seeking three program enhancements totaling $1,200,000 alongside one mid-level developer position to support in-house projects.
The request brings three enhancement items: (1) an additional IS Developer I to help the existing development team deliver integrations and applications across departments; (2) replacement of the battery backup (UPS) and data-center HVAC units at the police department, which Potts said are about 12 years old and have reached end-of-life; and (3) an “Edge Intelligence” expansion to bring traffic-signal data from all intersections back to the city and extend signal preemption and smart-corridor capabilities that already operate on a corridor along State Route 96. Potts said the three requests together total $1.2 million.
Why it matters: the UPS/HVAC system supports servers, firewalls and network equipment used for city operations; Potts said the unit has…
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