IT presents network, cybersecurity upgrades and staffing transition; cloud and endpoint projects planned
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Summary
IT staff described this year s a major infrastructure refresh: paired firewalls, network backbone upgrades, logging/IDS, and plans for endpoint detection (XDR), Office 365 review, and recruiting to replace a longtime IT lead.
IT leaders told council a multi-year networking and cybersecurity refresh is substantially complete and laid out FY26 priorities including endpoint detection upgrades, potential Microsoft 365 migration and recruitment to replace long-serving staff.
IT Manager Matt (presented as Matt) and staff said they installed redundant firewalls, upgraded backbone switching toward 100-gigabit capacity, and added monitoring and logging to improve intrusion detection. Riley, IT staff, showed photos of new core switches, the virtualization hosts and a rooftop radio used to upload police dash and body-camera footage to the evidence system.
Planned FY26 work includes completing low-voltage rewiring at several city facilities, migrating to modern XDR endpoint detection (replacing older VMware/Carbon Black tooling), reviewing Microsoft 365 licensing and a potential cloud migration, and replacing aging copiers. Staff emphasized the need for continued emphasis on detection, logging and network segmentation to limit damage if a breach occurs.
IT staff also said recruitment and knowledge-transfer plans are needed as the department prepares for a planned departure by a long-time IT leader; staff recommended a measured hiring and onboarding period before changing headcount or adding major projects.
Ending: Staff asked council to allow time for recruitment and to approve continued cybersecurity and endpoint improvements in the FY26 budget; IT said some projects will require outside migration support if the city moves toward greater cloud adoption.