Finance committee approves suite of IT, software and telecom contracts and forwards FY26 budget to full board

The Hospital Authority finance committee on an evening meeting approved a series of contracts for workforce software, clinical decision support, cloud and infrastructure services and carrier connectivity and voted to forward a proposed fiscal year 2026 budget to the full board.

The committee approved two phases of a UKG implementation for payroll/timekeeping and human-resources functions, a three-year subscription to MCG clinical criteria, network and internet circuits with Comcast, AT&T and Lumen, software and licensing agreements with Dell and Microsoft, and renewals for Liquidware Labs and other IT tools. Committee members then voted to advance the FY26 budget, which staff said reflects a $6 million reduction in the Metro subsidy compared with the authority’s initial request.

The contracts are intended to consolidate multiple systems, reduce manual effort and improve clinical and administrative workflows. Diana Wofford, staff member, presented the UKG contracts, saying they replace unsupported payroll software and combine timekeeping, scheduling and HR functions into a single suite. "Before you have the UKG workforce pro timekeeping and HR system, they're 2 separate contracts, and we respectfully request that you approve these contracts," Wofford said.

K. (chair) moved and the committee approved each contract by voice vote with no recorded roll-call votes in the transcript. For the UKG work, Wofford said the combined platform will support recruitment, onboarding, scheduling, pay-for-performance,…