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Westminster IT director outlines 2025 priorities: MFA, CrowdStrike, Wi-Fi upgrades and project manager hire
Summary
City information-technology leadership presented the department's 2025 budget and priorities, including hiring a project manager, completing a multifactor authentication rollout, implementing CrowdStrike under a grant, replacing aging storage infrastructure and expanding Wi-Fi across city facilities.
City information-technology leadership summarized the department's 2025 budget and priorities for the Westminster City Council on Feb. 3, emphasizing security, cloud licensing costs and investments to support staff and new city facilities.
Chris Lindsay, assistant city manager, introduced the presentation and an IT director (title confirmed in the record; the director's personal name was not provided in the transcript). The director said IT supports "every single 1,100 plus city employees" and described the department as responsible for software, hardware, help-desk support and technology training across the organization.
Key priorities and budget drivers: IT staff told council the department's overall budget rose about 18% for 2025, mainly because of higher contractual subscription costs (cloud and software…
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