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Davis County IT warns ESRI licensing could double; county to inventory licenses and explore consolidation, open‑source and outsourcing
Summary
The county’s IT director warned that ESRI’s new licensing could push GIS costs from about $150,000 to nearly $300,000 annually; staff will inventory departmental licenses and return with consolidation options ahead of a January contract renewal.
Davis County’s director of information services told a work session on Aug. 19 that the county faces sharply higher costs for its core GIS platform and laid out options including consolidation, open‑source migration, outsourcing or buying lower‑cost commercial alternatives.
"Current licensing is $150,000 a year," Jeff told the commission. Under ESRI’s new licensing structure he said the county could see costs "by the third year of our contract will be double what it is today" — approaching $300,000 a year — and that an initial stripped‑down quote to…
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