FRESNO, CA — The Fresno County Board of Supervisors continued the solemn work of representative government Tuesday by considering revisions to the county’s master schedule of information-technology fees, finally answering the question citizens have asked for generations: What is the appropriate governmental rate for Microsoft Office 365 Monthly Users?
The proposed ordinance modifies an extensive schedule of internal technology charges, including rates for network connections, application hosting, radio access, databases, graphics labor, copying, IT specialists, network engineers, camera support, and PeopleSoft system support.
County administrators emphasized that properly allocating technology costs is necessary for responsible budgeting.
Residents attending for other issues reportedly became aware of this principle somewhere around subsection 4323.
“This is democracy at its most fundamental,” said one county observer. “James Madison dreamed of a republic where free citizens could assemble and deliberate over the Oracle Database Rate.”
The hearing followed an earlier Board proceeding in July and represented the county’s continuing effort to ensure that departments accurately recover information-technology costs.
Historians confirmed that the Founders could never have imagined Microsoft Office 365, though several said Benjamin Franklin would almost certainly have complained about the subscription model.
At press time, county officials had not determined the fiscal impact of somebody clicking ‘Remind Me Later’ on a software update for six consecutive months.