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Commissioners review IT and public-safety technology pay and software appropriations
Summary
The board discussed funding for an evidence-management/analysis contract for deputies and an increase to the information-systems director pay to attract candidates; staff said the software will speed case review and the IT post would provide leadership for the Oracle transition.
County staff described two interrelated personnel and technology items: an appropriation to buy a service contract allowing deputies to upload and analyze evidence, and a proposed salary increase for a newly created information systems director position to attract qualified applicants. "This software ... analyzes it, generates a report. It's gonna streamline things greatly for them, speed things up and help ... possibly uncover things that they may not have found," a presenter summarized when describing the deputies' contract.
On the personnel side, a county leader explained the director role would be a senior, advisory position to the board and would focus on strategy, Oracle transition support and in-house leadership. The board asked for clarification about overlap with current data staff; the presenter said the role would bolster, not remove, work from existing staff and noted the IT director position had been vacant for at least a year. Commissioners asked staff to provide recruitment details and recommended returning with a proposed pay range.
