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Polk County IT asks supervisors to fold rising software subscription costs into base budget
Summary
CIO Anthony Jefferson presented two decision packages intended to absorb recurring increases in software maintenance and subscription costs into Polk County’s base budget, telling supervisors the county supports about 147 systems and that subscription market trends are pushing multi-year growth planning.
Anthony Jefferson, chief information officer and IT director for Polk County, told the Board that two decision packages before the board are intended to cover recurring maintenance, subscription and license increases for software used countywide and to move those ongoing costs into the base budget.
Jefferson said the county supports roughly 147 systems across departments and offices and that market trends are producing annual increases for subscriptions and maintenance. "So long story short, they're not really decisions. They're going to be built to your base budget future forward," he said, arguing the requests represent ongoing maintenance rather than new projects.
Jefferson said the…
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