Summary
The Town's servers are so old (2012) that the manufacturer won't support them, and there are no formal written policies on software updates or security standards. The Council bought new servers, but Councilor Sullivan pressed for better long-term IT policies.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 1
- Last 30 days
- 1
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 14, 2026.
Impact analysis
$126,570 from an existing capital reserve with over $174,000; data center costs have grown 300% year over year.
Everyone who relies on town services — the new servers partially run critical dispatching systems.
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