IT budget adds a third full‑time role and funds firewall, email filtering

Aug 28, 2026

Finance director Earl Johnson and IT lead Jeremy told the Brighton Town Board the IT budget will grow to 3.0 FTEs for 2027 as software previously budgeted across departments is consolidated into IT; planned cybersecurity work includes a firewall replacement and stronger email filtering.

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Earl Johnson, Brighton’s finance director, told the board the town is consolidating shared software expenses into the information‑technology budget and has penciled an increase from 2.5 full‑time equivalents in 2026 to 3.0 FTEs for 2027 to handle that workload and ongoing support needs.

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