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Council probes IT and physical security cost increases in proposed budget
Summary
Council members pressed staff on roughly $2.3 million IT increases over two years; staff said consolidation of physical security and new cybersecurity requirements are major drivers.
Council asked about a roughly $2.3 million increase in IT spending over two years and whether that reflected an ongoing trend or one‑time catch‑up costs. Haslam and IT/operations staff said part of the increase comes from consolidating physical security systems and meeting new state cybersecurity requirements.
A staff representative said security and consolidation efforts folded previously disparate camera and access systems under tighter oversight, and that some projects (website redesign, time clock replacements) contributed to near‑term budget increases. "We've consolidated physical security because it used to be in a lot of different departments," a staff member said, describing why costs rose over the past few years.
