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Council hears report on emergency $44,000 server purchase; considers cloud migration

Charlotte City Council · July 14, 2026
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Summary

A council member reported the city's server failed and an emergency replacement costing $44,000 was purchased; the council directed staff to research moving services to the cloud to reduce future downtime and replacement risk.

During committee reports a council member said the city's server had failed and required an emergency replacement estimated at $44,000. The council was told the outage took the department offline for several hours and the immediate purchase restored services.

The council member said staff will research whether migrating systems to cloud services could reduce future outage risk and total cost. The report also referenced upcoming housing committee activity and several local development and business improvements that were under review.

No formal action was taken at this meeting beyond the report; the council asked staff to follow up on longer-term IT planning.

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