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Davis County IT budget trimmed on paper even as software and telecom costs rise
Summary
Information Systems staff told the Davis County Budget Committee that accounting reclassifications and a January reorganization reduce the IS budget on paper to about $9.2 million for 2026, but the department expects increased recurring costs for GIS, hosted Munis services and telecommunications tied to new facilities.
Jeff, an Information Systems presenter for Davis County, told the Budget Committee the department’s overall budget shows a modest decline from 2025 to 2026 after a January reorganization and object-code reclassification.
He said the department’s anticipated 2025 budget of about $9.6 million was reclassified to roughly $9.3 million after staff changes and is projected at about $9.2 million for 2026. “We were lucky that the byproduct of that was actually to cut some budget money, about $300,000 a year from our payroll,” Jeff said, adding that the savings were incidental to realigning roles.
The presentation emphasized that much of the apparent increase in software spending is an accounting shift rather than a set of new purchases. Jeff said software previously budgeted across six object-code…
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