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IT director seeks server replacements, staffing adjustments and on-call stipend in draft budget
Summary
Boone County IT director proposed replacing aging server hardware and switching virtualization software to reduce licensing costs, requested pay adjustments to retain staff, and proposed a stipend for after-hours support; staff said IT will move from sheriff’s oversight back to administration Dec. 1.
Joe Shad, Boone County’s IT director, asked the finance committee to fund replacement servers and a change in virtualization software, proposed pay adjustments to retain key staff, and recommended formalizing after-hours support compensation for a current salaried employee.
Shad said the county’s virtualization servers have reached “end of life” after roughly six years and licensing costs for the current VMware platform have risen steeply; he proposed purchasing new hardware and moving to…
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