On March 9, please support the funding for a data operations manager for the town of Milford as outlined in Article 23 on the town of Milford ballot. Very few aspects of our lives are untouched by computers. Like it or not, we live in a digital age. The same changes in computer technology which affect our daily lives affect the way government operates as well. Many of us who work for the town must now use computers daily to do our jobs.
Computers can be wonderful when they work well and function as planned.
When they don't work correctly or when they don't work at all, it impacts productivity and degrades public service. Most town employees who use computers are thoroughly competent in the skills necessary to do their jobs. They are not trained to be computer technicians. When problems arise, as they frequently do, these people need assistance in getting their computers working again. Presently this assistance is being provided by handful of staff members who have a higher level of computer skill and experience, but who were never intended to be a computer support staff and are generally not trained to be such.