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Rico volunteer offers cost-saving IT services; county to review software charges
Summary
During public comment, Johnny, a Rico volunteer firefighter and former IT director, offered complimentary IT consulting to help Dolores County find licensing and hosting savings and to assist with ADA compliance and project-based IT work; county staff agreed to review Microsoft 365 and maintenance contract charges.
Johnny, a volunteer firefighter from Rico and a former county IT director, addressed the Dolores County Board of County Commissioners during the Dec. 8 public comment period and offered complimentary IT services to identify cost savings and efficiencies.
Johnny described his background in local-government IT and said he could review core services such as web hosting, Office 365 licensing and routing to identify possible savings by using open-source or consolidated hosting arrangements. He also offered project support for ADA-compliance checks and one-off technical projects such as point-to-point wireless links for remote county facilities.
The county27s discussion earlier in the workshop had flagged possible duplicate charges for Microsoft 365 and other maintenance contracts across departmental budgets; finance and IT staff said they would verify charges and make journal adjustments as needed. After Johnny27s remarks staff and commissioners expressed interest in following up.
Johnny provided contact information and said he was willing to review departmental budgets and managed-service-provider arrangements; "feel free to call me and feel free to email," he told the board during his comments.
Next steps: county staff committed to checking whether Microsoft 365 or other vendor charges are being billed twice across departments and to coordinate with the county IT lead and the public commenter for potential follow-up work or consultations.
