The town’s technology director is speaking out against a proposal to hire a consultant to recommend how to streamline the town’s computers. The Finance Committee voted unanimously in April to recommend that selectmen hire HUB Technical Services of Easton for $10,000 to conduct an audit and assessment of the town’s information technology services.

But on Monday, IT Director Roger Brunelle spoke in opposition to the idea, saying no one has yet asked for his opinion. “I have spent 20 years building this system, and no one knows what it is because no one has asked,” Brunelle told selectmen. Brunelle said selectmen called for a Department of Revenue audit of his department in 2007 and although it gave him a good review, it made 27 recommendations. Only two have been followed.

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