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Bannock County IT director outlines budget changes, proposes software swap to save ongoing costs
Summary
Chief Technical Officer Adam McKinney presented the county IT budget, detailing a eliminated programmer position, line-item adjustments for supplies and maintenance, and a planned switch from Sophos to SentinelOne projected to reduce annual software costs by about $9,000.
Chief Technical Officer Adam McKinney presented Bannock County’s information-technology budget during the commission’s budget hearing, describing personnel and software changes intended to reduce recurring costs while preserving service.
McKinney said he did not backfill a programmer/system-analyst position and “I've taken over the role, duties for that role, to save us some well needed money in the department.” He summarized several line-item changes: increasing the computer-supplies line from its historical $10,000 to $15,000 to cover rising hardware prices and web-hosting costs, trimming general office-operating supplies, and shifting some maintenance and software costs between lines to offset…
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