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IT director outlines rising licensing, mapping and cybersecurity costs; council agrees to cuts
Summary
IT Director Brenda Nelson told council that new Microsoft licensing, Esri mapping fees, and county-provided cybersecurity monitoring are driving increases in the technology budget; council folded several nonessential items and identified $128,088 in reductions by consensus.
Brenda Nelson, the city—s director of technology services, told council that required changes to Microsoft licensing for Teams archiving, rising vendor costs for Esri/GIS mapping and higher fees charged by the Hernando County clerk—s IT team for security monitoring are the primary drivers of proposed increases in the information-technology budget.
Nelson said Microsoft now requires different licenses in order to archive Teams and mobile communications and that Esri license costs passed through from the county…
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