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Information Systems seeks software subscriptions to support countywide cloud migration
Summary
The county’s Information Systems director said network replacement and a Tyler Odyssey cloud migration are complete; the department requests increased software-subscription funding (about $500,000) but no new staff for FY2027. Staff flagged ADA website work and forensic/justice systems as major new costs.
Russell, the county information-systems presenter, told the court the department finished a multiyear overhaul and switched Tyler Odyssey to a cloud subscription model. “We completed the entire replacement of the county's network,” he said, noting more than 200 switches and roughly 11,000 service tickets handled year-to-date.
Russell said the IS budget shows no headcount or vehicle requests for FY2027 but does include higher software-subscription costs — approximately $500,000 (a 7% increase) — driven in part by criminal-justice systems and an ADA website/PDF compliance item of about $60,000. He described savings in communications and postage offsetting some increases and said the department will postpone routine PC refreshes, “we're gonna wait till they break to fix them this year.”
County officials acknowledged the subscription spike but did not debate individual procurement requests during the workshop. The presenter emphasized the subscription increases reflect both the Odyssey cloud transition and software needs from other departments; he said IS had returned surplus funds to the general fund in prior years but expects smaller year-end redirections going forward.
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