A friend asked me a great question the other day.
“If the city has moved IT (information technology) out to the airport why can’t they just stay there?”
According to the El Paso Times “about $1.8 million, was used to move the information technology department and a lot of sensitive, heavy equipment such as Sun Metro’s automatic vehicle locator system, fiber optics and the public safety network.”
OK they moved. Are they somehow crippled? Are they working ok? Is the department failing to provide services that are necessary? Is this like ousting children and citizens from a recreation center in the name of quality of life (see So much for quality of life)?
If they have moved and are functioning, why not leave them there? If they have moved and are not functioning, who can we fire?
The current plan is to move them into the Luther building after spending $11.5 million to remodel the building. That will take a while.
The presentation made to the public and city council on August 7, 2012 listed as a key objective “Relocate IT and City Development department only once”.
Moving all that equipment and connecting stuff another time cannot be cheap.
We deserve better
Brutus
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