# October 21, 2026 - Budget Committee Meeting (Morning)

At the City of Saint Paul Budget Committee meeting on October 21, 2026, the Office of Technology and Communications (OTC) presented its 2027 proposed budget, focused on cybersecurity recovery, technology governance, and infrastructure modernization. OTC requested $100,000 to implement recommendations from its cyber incident after-action review, which identified 42 improvement tasks for citywide completion through 2027. The director also described planning for Project Bedrock, a modernization of aging core network and technology infrastructure, with major work expected in 2028–2029. The proposal includes three enterprise portfolio governance positions and three GIS analysts transferred from Public Works on a budget-neutral basis, alongside the elimination of two vacant positions. No budget vote or procurement award was recorded during the meeting.

The presentation cited roughly $60,000 in projected 2026 budget variance related to unplanned cyber recovery costs, including continued use of a contracted security operations analyst. OTC also proposed reductions of $105,000 in support funding and $67,000 in professional services, while seeking to fund a full-time security operations analyst. Members asked about the governance positions and a substantial central service fund increase; OTC attributed cost pressures to expanded security licensing, a pending Microsoft enterprise agreement, and hardware price increases, while noting that the Microsoft agreement typically costs $1–2 million annually and hardware costs were expected to stabilize in 2027. The discussion also covered citywide payroll and timekeeping modernization funding requested separately by Human Resources.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Cybersecurity, Digital Infrastructure
**Published:** October 21, 2026

### Sources
- [October 21, 2026 - Budget Committee Meeting (Morning)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9fcPZu8Vmc) - City of Saint Paul