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IT director warns of revenue loss from city divestiture and outlines evergreen strategy

Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners · May 28, 2025
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IT Director Cliff Dupuis said the city divestiture will reduce IT billing revenue and that the department projects an approximate net loss of about $65,000 (estimate subject to change). He described a four‑year evergreen replacement plan, cloud provisioning via Autopilot, and capital wish-list items for servers and Wi‑Fi.

Cliff Dupuis, the county IT director, told commissioners that an anticipated city divestiture will reduce intergovernmental billing revenue and that IT expects an initial net revenue shortfall on the order of tens of thousands of dollars. Dupuis said the projected net loss was roughly $64,000–$65,000 at the time of the presentation, while acknowledging a range of uncertainty depending on whether departments purchase equipment this year.

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