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Committee approves upgrade of PC tech to network systems administrator to reduce contractor costs
Summary
Finance committee voted 4–0 to upgrade an existing PC tech position to a network systems administrator after the IT director argued the role requires enterprise-level skills; the committee cited high contractor costs (reported $150/hour and about $13,000 billed in May) and budgeted salary lines already in place.
The Homewood City Finance Committee voted 4–0 on June 3 to upgrade an existing PC tech position to a network systems administrator, following a presentation by the city’s new IT director, Brandon Sims.
Sims told the committee the police department operates an enterprise virtualized data center and that a PC tech would likely be…
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