Austin's Adopted Budget Includes $189M for Technology

The city of Austin’s approved budget for Fiscal Year 2024-25 includes a $152 million operating budget for its Communications and Technology Management (CTM) Department.

As the bulk of the department’s budget, its operating expenses are broken down into five programs:

• $87 million for communications and technology management
• $33 million for the Combined Transportation, Emergency and Communications Centerand public safety IT support
• $17 million for wireless communication services
• $11 million for transfers, debt service and other requirements
• $4 million for support services

The department has also been allocated $37 million for IT-related capital projects. Listed below are projects in the city’s spending plan:

• $14 million for critical technology replacements
• $7 million for radio replacements and upgrades
• $3 million for a digital mobile audio/video (DMAV) power cell and in-vehicle camera system
• $1.5 million for distribution and access network switches
• $1.3 million for public safety infrastructure
• $1.2 million for a digital experience platform
• $1.2 million for a 911 recording system upgrade
• $1 million for a records management system

Additional capital projects of note include $750,000 for the migration of Oracle Databases to the cloud and $700,000 for a data warehouse.

The adopted budget also details the city’s $12 million operating budget for its Information Security Office.