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Committee advances IT governance changes and approves Avaya contract payment after procurement gap
Summary
The committee accepted budget‑analyst reductions and moved two Department of Technology items forward: a retroactive Avaya contract amendment to cover the vendor gap (reduced to the analyst’s recommended amount) and COIT governance amendments that add CIO responsibilities, require a multiyear IT capital plan, and allow two non‑voting external COIT members for industry/labor expertise.
The Department of Technology asked the Budget & Finance Committee to (1) retroactively authorize payment under the Avaya telecommunications maintenance contract to cover the period after the old contract expired and before a new, lower‑cost contract went into effect and (2) adopt an ordinance revising COIT (the city’s IT policy body) to codify CIO duties, require a 5‑year IT capital plan, and improve interdepartmental reporting.
DT staff and the budget analyst explained the Avaya gap arose after contract staff attrition and the timing of a…
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