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IT board reviews 2026 IT capital-improvement plan; no formal actions taken
Summary
City IT staff presented the proposed 2026 IT CIP, covering AV upgrades, PC replacement scheduling, fiber relocation, network core and access-point replacement, UPS planning and a scaled-back Laserfiche cloud migration; board received the report and no vote was required.
Waukesha City IT staff presented a report on the proposed 2026 information-technology capital-improvement program (CIP), outlining equipment replacement schedules and several projects that staff said will be advanced through existing budget and procurement processes.
Chris, an IT staff member, introduced the CIP overview and turned technical questions to Andrew, the city’s audio-video and communications specialist, for an explanation of planned AV and kiosk replacements. Andrew described replacement and maintenance planning for council chambers, training rooms, conference rooms and downtown kiosks that run BrightSign players.
Andrew said the council-chamber work the city proposes to fund with a $150,000 line item would focus on programming and user experience improvements; a full rebuild of the chamber with new equipment could cost an estimated $300,000–$500,000, he said. He also described four existing public kiosks (clock tower, Five Points, Humans Park and Riverwalk) and said BrightSign units feed…
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