City of Victoria Preliminary Budget Includes $1.6M+ for Tech

The city of Victoria’s preliminary budget for Fiscal Year 2025-26 includes more than $1.6 million in identifiable investments in information technology, spanning software, personnel and infrastructure.

A significant portion of that funding supports enterprise operations, including a $550,000 allocation for enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, part of the city’s long-term modernization strategy. The ERP investment is listed in the city’s Capital Improvement Program and reflects a slight increase over the prior fiscal year.

Also in the proposed budget is more than $960,000 for IT operations and maintenance, including $467,000 for internal IT charges and $493,000 for software maintenance. These allocations are captured in the city’s overall expense budget as part of a $59.8 million increase over the previous year.

As part of departmental growth, the budget includes funding for a new assistant director of IT position at an annual cost of $133,000. The role is one of six proposed new full-time positions in the FY26 plan.

Additional mentions of IT and infrastructure purchases appear in other parts of the budget, including general fund expenditures, but do not provide specific project-level details.

Taken together, Victoria’s proposed IT-related investments total at least $1.64 million, with additional technology upgrades likely embedded in broader capital and departmental programs. The final FY26 budget is expected to be reviewed and adopted by the City Council later this year.