During the May 18, 2026 Infrastructure Committee meeting, Utilities staff reported ongoing issues with water meter disconnections related to antennas and ERT devices, despite meters themselves being 99.7% accurate. The problem is tied to reception through the current Itron-based system, and staff indicated that a cellular-based solution may be the best path forward. The Utilities representative stated an interest in running a pilot test on approximately 20 problematic meters in Fiscal 2027 to evaluate cellular communications. This represents an early-stage planning effort for potential AMI/AMR communications upgrades, where the City has not yet selected vendors or defined a full implementation scope. Metering, AMI/AMI vendors, and cellular carriers can engage around pilot design, integration with Itron, and total cost of ownership for a broader migration.
The City is currently using Itron technology but is experiencing communication issues, creating an o...
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The FY27–FY28 budget sets a milestone to “finalize individual Department and Division Business Continuity Program plans, to improve operational resiliency to physical and cybersecurity incidents, by June 2027.” This indicates that the district is building or updating continuity and incident‑response plans tied to its operational technology (SCADA/DCS) and enterprise IT, without naming a specific tool or consultant. The Finance Department budget also notes rising IT support services, hardware, and software costs, and the capital program funds SCADA equipment and DCS/PLC replacements. This constellation suggests active planning but no fully decided solutions for continuity, cyber, and recovery. Vendors in IT resilience, cyber risk assessment, incident response planning, OT/SCADA security, and continuity management platforms can help structure the program, provide tabletop exercises, and align cyber controls with the district’s capital upgrades.
The work spans both physical and cybersecurity risk, touching SCADA, DCS, and enterprise IT; multipl...
Across HR, Fiscal Services, and IT budgets, Sage Oak funds a broad set of back-office systems: Sage Intacct for finance ($72,000 plus Intacct training), Stampli for AP automation, UKG for HR/payroll ($205,400), Tax1099.com for e-filing, OPS software, School Pathways, Finalsite/SchoolAdmin enrollment, Zoho, staffing management system, AWS-based server and data lake infrastructure, and various security and monitoring tools. Notes indicate some costs are "service fees for the Human Resources (HR) management system" and "marketing consultant services supporting data systems." The diversity of platforms and the AWS Data Lake Development line suggest an ongoing effort to integrate finance, HR, student information, and analytics systems into a cohesive data environment. Systems integrators, analytics vendors, and workflow automation providers can help rationalize the stack, build data pipelines, and improve reporting for leadership. Next steps include understanding which data and processes are currently fragmented and proposing integration and analytics projects that leverage their existing investments.
Intacct training budget under Professional Development indicates active implementation or optimizati...
The 2026-27 IT department budget for Sage Oak Charter Schools includes substantial planned spending on AI-focused initiatives and a large portfolio of SaaS and infrastructure tools. Notable items include a $300,000 allocation for "AI Academy (Carleen App Development)", an OpenAI ChatGPT Team account, MagicSchool.Ai, Otter AI, Gemini, Chatbase, and a $121,800 AWS Data Lake Development line, alongside many other instructional and operational platforms (Canvas, MasteryConnect, Tutor.com, Lightspeed, Google Workspace, Fortinet, School Pathways, etc.). These lines show a deliberate shift toward AI-powered instruction, automation, and data infrastructure, funded over the 2026-27 fiscal year with multi-year projections for growing IT spend. While some incumbent vendors are identified, much of the AI and data work (e.g., AI Academy, AWS data lake, various "outside contractors" and "staffing management system") suggests custom development and integration projects that are still being defined. This is a strong entry point for edtech and data vendors to discuss roadmap alignment, integration services, security, and training for AI tools with IT leadership.
The budget explicitly funds both student-facing AI tools and back-end data lake/integration work, im...
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