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Cole County budget review spotlights rising IT and subscription costs as ARPA winds down
Summary
County staff told commissioners that migration to cloud services, new Microsoft licensing and higher equipment service contracts have driven IT costs up; ARPA funding is expected to wind down in 2026 and residual interest may move to general revenue.
Cole County commissioners spent substantial time Dec. 3 reviewing budget pressures tied to information technology and subscription services, with staff warning that cloud migrations and new licensing models are driving multi-year cost increases.
"By the time we get done, it's also gonna be about 60 or $80,000 more a year," Brian, IT staff, said when describing the cost of moving Microsoft services and mail servers to a subscription model. County staff showed charts tracing cost growth since 2021 and said Internet and…
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