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Westminster IT outlines Cybersecurity, cloud licensing and service priorities in 2025 budget briefing
Summary
Information technology staff described an 18% budget increase for 2025 driven largely by software subscriptions and cloud consumption, outlined cybersecurity investments funded by a state grant and announced a new project manager position.
Information technology leaders told Westminster City Council on Monday that the city's IT budget for 2025 rises about 18% and that most of the increase reflects higher subscription and cloud costs rather than new head count.
Chris Lindsay, assistant city manager, introduced the department presentation and Monica Thoreau, information technology director, told council the IT department supports “every single 1,100 plus city employees” and provides software and hardware across public safety, utilities, parks and other operations.
Thoreau said the department will hire its…
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