Spending on Projects within Innovation & Technology

The majority of the Innovation & Technology department's projects are capital maintenance projects that involve the replacement and upgrade to existing systems and software. In the next few years, the department expects to focus significant efforts on transforming technical operations and capacity. The pace of change in technology is a significant factor to consider when planning projects and offers both new opportunities and challenging threats to mitigate. The timing of several hardware replacement projects has been shifted to reflect an anticipated confluence in technical operations, making it advantageous to plan concurrent replacement instead of staged implementations.

The department will continue to assist with the replacement of the City's finance system along with continuing the phased implementation of the enterprise data platform. Additionally, the City plans to upgrade internal communication platforms, and scope a major initiative around asset management.