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County IT and GIS: leaders propose cloud move, strategic committee and a new GIS hire tied to streaming and public-safety work

5806616 · September 3, 2025
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County IT staff outlined a long-term move toward cloud services and tighter security; commissioners and the county's GIS lead proposed funding a full-time GIS specialist to provide redundancy, maintain public-safety mapping and support livestreaming operations.

County information-technology officials told the council they are actively reviewing cloud-based options to reduce long-term hardware costs, improve security and move away from on-premises servers that require frequent refresh and maintenance.

An IT strategic committee that has been meeting for several months presented options to move email and productivity services to cloud providers; the committee said long-term savings are…

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