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IT warns aging vehicles, depleted radios and supply cuts could slow county services

Clayton County Board of Commissioners (public budget meetings) · April 29, 2026
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Interim CIO Matthew Hutchison told commissioners IT has several 20‑year‑old vehicles, depleted radio inventory and reductions to computer supply accounts that could increase replacement costs; IT noted purchases of nearly 200 laptops for emergency vehicles and a pilot lease program to expand device availability.

Interim Chief Information Officer Matthew Hutchison told the budget committee that multiple modest reductions in IT accounts have operational consequences across departments.

Hutchison said several IT vehicles are about 20 years old and some have been redlined; the department relies on a handful of loaner vehicles and lacks appropriately sized transport vehicles for technical…

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