Most of these funds will be used for new IT positions, enterprise projects and technology upgrades.
For example, regarding new jobs, the budget will allocate $85,991 to hire a customer support analyst, $107,552 to hire a systems account administrator, $107,552 to employ a fiber and structured cabling specialist and $123,588 to hire an information security analyst.
As for enterprise IT projects and technology upgrades, budget documents state that $3,598,710 will be used for the following:
- Document management improvements for the Planning and Development Services department
- A new permitting solution and Amanda replacement for Planning and Development Services
- Electronic security access control for the Arlington Police Department
- A signal system upgrade analysis for the Public Works Department
- A phase II enhancement of ArlingtonPermits.com
- A new online jury module
- Brazos modules projects for the Arlington Police Department
- A special events permitting solution for Planning and Development Services
The proposed expenditures for the IT fund are:
- $5 million for software services
- $5 million for IT projects
- $4.2 million for customer support
- $2.9 million for server support
- $2.3 million for network support
- $1.3 million for IT security
- $960,412 for project management
- $735,878 for business development
- $337,749 for administration
More information about the city’s proposed budget can be found online.
