The total budget is $371.08 million and will include investments in technology replacements, storage expansions and added technical employees, according to budget documents.
“The FY 2023 adopted budget is increasing by 10.14 percent. The majority of the increase is in the General Fund, which is the largest budgeted fund. The County-Wide Technology department is increasing the most within the General Fund,” reads the budget summary. “The increase can be attributed to the replacement of technology equipment that has reached its end of life, as well as on storage expansion necessary by Technology Services.”
Departments managing county technology include:
- Technology Services, $2.7 million.
- Application Development, $1.65 million.
- Geographic Information Systems, $723,871.
- Information Security, $2 million.
One goal in the Jury and Grand Jury department is to increase paperless processes such as capturing juror forms online and the scanning and destruction of juror forms received via the U.S. Postal Service. According to the budget, 35,640 jurors were processed online; the 2023 goal is 45,000.
Denton County is also among municipalities seeking to strengthen its workforce. It recently posted multiple technology positions on its website.
They include:
- Application support administrator
- Technology contracts manager
- Technology project manager
- Server engineer
- Server technician
- Audio/visual technician
- Desktop support technician
The county uses the Bonfire hub for the bid process and posts information for vendors on its Purchasing pages.
