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Support services warns of growing IT and facilities backlog; warns deeper cuts would force program deprecation
Summary
Support Services outlined $7.5M in biennial savings from facility consolidations but flagged a large building‑maintenance backlog (~$86M) and technical debt that make further cuts risky to cyber and program continuity.
Thomas Amato, CIO and interim chief administrative officer, described agency‑wide facilities and IT work that has generated recurring savings but left a large maintenance and technical debt backlog. He said ODOT reduced leased office footprint by 338,000 square feet, producing roughly $7.5 million in sustainable biennial savings, but stressed an $86 million building maintenance deficiency and a growing catalog of legacy applications that need upgrades.
Amato warned that deeper tier 3 cuts would likely require structural changes or program deprecation, limiting the agency's ability to surge in crises and creating procurement delays that ripple across construction schedules. "We reduced our leased owned office footprint by 338,000 square feet, and that results in $7,500,000 in sustainable agency wide savings each biennium," he said.
