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County IT seeks to hold operating budget flat while funding key security and compliance items
Summary
Black Hawk County IT proposed a near-zero operating increase for FY26 by staggering capital replacements, and flagged priorities including firewalls for sheriff compliance, CJIS logging software, subscription renewals, and options for disposal or auction of retired equipment.
Al (IT director) told supervisors the Information Technology department plans to keep its overall FY26 operating budget flat by reallocating internal subscriptions and staggering equipment replacement cycles while pressing for specific capital and security investments.
Al said the department closed more than 1,200 help-desk tickets in the current fiscal year to date and emphasized that many capital replacements are cyclic: “general rule is 5 years for both computers,” he said, adding desktops sometimes stretch to six years. The IT…
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