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DMV staffing, shared workspaces and delayed construction‑management software draw committee questions
Summary
Committee members asked ITD about 240‑employee DMV operations, shared workstations, an ongoing IT equipment replacement request and delays to a construction‑management software project that has drawn about $4 million in budget requests over several years.
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee pressed the Idaho Transportation Department on operational and IT matters in the Division of Motor Vehicles and on an industry‑facing construction‑management software project that has run behind schedule.
Brooke Dupree told the committee the Motor Vehicles Division has 240 authorized full‑time positions and requested $981,700 in FY2026 to replace IT equipment — computers, scanners, switches and printers — recommended by the Office of Information Technology Services.
Director Scott Stokes said DMV staff are split among multiple temporary facilities at the Chinden campus and that some employees use shared workstations. “We have generic workspaces where they'll spend maybe 2 days at home and 2 days in DMV,” Stokes said, describing a hybrid arrangement while the division operates in temporary space.
Representative Tanner pressed ITD on a multi‑year construction‑management software initiative. Stokes said ITD had “accumulated, probably asked for around $4,000,000 for that piece of software” and that the project “has developed more slowly than we would have expected. We have not been able to complete the project.” He said parts of that previously appropriated funding were moved into highway operations when implementation lagged.
Committee members asked for a detailed inventory of software licenses, ongoing costs and equipment‑replacement plans; the director said ITD would work with staff to provide a follow‑up report and to reconcile where prior one‑time appropriations remain unused or were reallocated.
No formal action was taken; lawmakers asked ITD for more detailed accounting of software licenses, ongoing costs and the plan for proposed FY2026 IT equipment requests.
