November 21, 2013
Expand employee intranet Work with the new Auditor and staff to modernize the Auditor’s website Complete virtualization of planned servers Complete the fiber loop to Secondary Roads for Sheriff and Disaster Recovery
Complete evaluation/pilot for virtual desktop integration (VDI) Release preliminary mobile PIV Develop another mobile application Complete parts of new permitting/request system Work with wellness to explore Desk Active replacement
(IT) FY13 expenditures 89% of budget FY14 non personnel budget decreased by 1.4% FY15 non personnel request < FY14 (Technology – IT related requests) FY13 transfer in request 2.4% > FY10, FY11, FY12 FY14 >FY13 by 2.7% FY15 > FY14 by 3.1% (due to anticipated increase in software maintenance)
Aerial photos as part of Pictometry project Make use of more and more online training opportunities Selling old equipment on Craig’s list Joint fiber projects Continue Implementing Print Audit recommendations – don’t automatically replace printers that die
Completed virtualization of servers with DR site. Only GEMS left (waiting on software update) Elections centralized voter database for access from satellite stations. Redundant fiber connections for DR site Kent Park campground wireless fully deployed
Setup patch management system to keep PCs updated Installed upgrades to almost all of our systems Normal updates/repairs on hardware
Completed system for Planning & Zoning Permits and Health Inspections Conversion of real estate system for Auditor, City Assessor, County Assessor, and Treasurer’s Offices is underway Converting several systems that access real estate data (Permits, GIS, disaster damage reporting, tax apportioning interface to GEMS, and several web lookups)
We have now replaced all code written in prior technology (Cold Fusion) Added 2 new departments to financial and phone applications and Reporting Services Monthly insert Collections payments into County Attorney Prolaw system Updates to various software systems
Rick Havel received Community Service award from Iowa Geographic Information Council Updated Property Information Viewer 2012 Orthophotography collected and made available
2013 Flood Orthophotography and obliques collected and made available Flood support at JECC Custom maps Pictometry Self-Hosting updated Assisted County Assessor in using GIS for agland assessment GIS updates for JECC
Intranet – covered above County website –We added over 2,100 items in our content management system this past year along with hundreds of changes Installed and implemented new version of the content management system
Flood response - added interactive maps of road closures and added/updated many web pages with flood information New Board ‘News Release and Publications’ pages
Reworked the entire Medical Examiner site Redesigned the WIC section of Public Health Updated Secondary Roads construction page to use interactive maps Added new Finance Department pages
VoIP phone system and phone line support. Employee PC purchase program Many signs, posters, banners, flyers We completed over 1,270 work orders
Gary – Communications Committee Shannon – JET team Rick – Wellness Committee, Iowa Counties’ GIS Managers Group, Eastern Iowa GIS Users’ Group, and chairs Johnson County GIS users’ group Jay – Green committee, Parking Committee, ICIT GIS Data Repository committee
Elaine - Diversity Committee Jean –Parking Committee, Safety Committee and Fleet Study Committee
Keeping up with technology Personnel Security