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IT brief: city plans Peregrine/AI tools and OpenAI seats; general‑fund and utility costs noted
Summary
City IT told the finance committee it will add Peregrine (an AI/analytics suite) and other AI tools to the general fund and utility budgets, citing a ballpark cost of $231,000 on the general‑fund side, $119,000 to water/sewer and $24,000 for consolidated OpenAI seats.
The city’s information technology director briefed the finance committee on proposed purchases of AI and analytics tools, including a Peregrine product and a citywide enterprise OpenAI license.
IT staff said the general‑fund cost for Peregrine and related tools is approximately $231,000 and the water/sewer enterprise side would carry about $119,000. Separately, the IT director said the city intends to consolidate several existing OpenAI accounts into an enterprise arrangement that staff estimated at $24,000 for roughly 50 seats; the director emphasized that the $24,000 should not be read as a pure net increase because multiple existing accounts would be consolidated under the enterprise license.
Committee members discussed a prior deployment in the police department, which staff said had a Peregrine deployment of about $127,000 and that department traded off one officer position in that arrangement. IT staff said the exact general‑fund total may change after two weeks of final data due diligence and that they hope the final figure could come in lower.
The IT director also described personnel moves that shift three audio‑visual technician positions into IT from strategic communications and the addition of an in‑house security technician to replace previously contracted services. IT reported 45 authorized positions with three current vacancies at the time of the presentation.
Staff said the tools would touch financial systems, utility accounts, 311 workflows, mapping and other back‑office systems; they asked the committee to consider those costs as part of the FY‑26 budget discussion.
