Public Works Discovery Moving from Disparate to
Public Works Discovery Moving from Disparate to Integrated Systems
Presented by Lynn Morgan, GISP GIS Manager for City of Covington and Newton County
A little bit about us…….
— Newton County
142.6 square miles Population 99,958 — City of Covington 13.86 square miles Population 13,118 • Other Cities include Oxford, Porterdale, Mansfield, and Newborn • Upper Ocmulgee Watershed • Water First Community
What we have today…………
— GIS is funded by City of Covington, County and Water Authority — 2011 All City of Covington, Newton County and Water Authority staff have access to maps and or software. — Local Government Information Model
GIS Realities and Benefits Enterprise-wide GIS can significantly help local governments be: ü More Effective ü More Efficient ü More Responsive in providing services to their citizens ü An all-encompassing decision-making tool ü Integration with CAMA databases ü Integration with other software
Public Works was not tapped into this resource…WHY????
Can we answer these questions now? — What is the density of service request by district? — How many streets, properties, people, and business will be
affected by a street repaving effort, and what are the alternatives? — Is what is budgeted going to cover the cost of repairs and can we project the cost over a 5 or 10 year budget plan?
Public Works Information System — Increase operational awareness — Increase field mobility — One stop shop to answer questions — Will drive efficiency and effectiveness into all public
works workflows b/c in centralized system — start to move from 100% reactive to a proactive model (80%-20%) — Provide transparency to citizens — Improve customer service
Timeline — January 2012 Public Work Stakeholders Meeting
Assist Public Works in its “Day To Day” mission, while providing documentation on those services to the constituency. 2. Highlight the fine work done by Public Works 3. Make a case for continued investment in Public Works Mission 1.
Who will fit? — Someone who had a National/International
perspective on GIS and GIS Services — Someone who would take time and ask questions — Someone who had expertise with hardware — Someone who knew wider data trends — Someone who could compare our house to other operations
Timeline….cont…. — Feb – April Quotes for Discovery — June 2013 Public Work Discovery with Geographic
Information Services, Inc 1. Preliminary Work In House 2. Site Visit scheduled (3 days) 3. Results in house to move forward — August Moving forward with Phased approach
— Establish the architecture, software and data to accommodate system growth
Logical Sequence of phasing — Builds on infrastructure of phase 1, implement pre-configured, commercial, GIS-centric work/asset management system — Evolve the work/asset management system — Mobilize the field staff and enhance integration
Esri ArcGIS for Local Government Gallery — My Government Services — Infrastructure Operations Dashboard — Infrastructure Capital Planning — Tax Parcel Viewer (may change)
Implement Cityworks on Premise
First time all divisions can see what is needed for work to be completed . Using the ESRI Templates will give you a quick ………
QUESTIONS??
Thank you for your time. Lynn Morgan, GISP 678-625-1615 [email protected] www.cityofcovington.org www.co.newton.ga.us Kevin Stewart Geographic Information Services, Inc 205-941-0442 ext 135 [email protected] www.esri.com
Presented by Lynn Morgan, GISP GIS Manager for City of Covington and Newton County
A little bit about us…….
— Newton County
142.6 square miles Population 99,958 — City of Covington 13.86 square miles Population 13,118 • Other Cities include Oxford, Porterdale, Mansfield, and Newborn • Upper Ocmulgee Watershed • Water First Community
What we have today…………
— GIS is funded by City of Covington, County and Water Authority — 2011 All City of Covington, Newton County and Water Authority staff have access to maps and or software. — Local Government Information Model
GIS Realities and Benefits Enterprise-wide GIS can significantly help local governments be: ü More Effective ü More Efficient ü More Responsive in providing services to their citizens ü An all-encompassing decision-making tool ü Integration with CAMA databases ü Integration with other software
Public Works was not tapped into this resource…WHY????
Can we answer these questions now? — What is the density of service request by district? — How many streets, properties, people, and business will be
affected by a street repaving effort, and what are the alternatives? — Is what is budgeted going to cover the cost of repairs and can we project the cost over a 5 or 10 year budget plan?
Public Works Information System — Increase operational awareness — Increase field mobility — One stop shop to answer questions — Will drive efficiency and effectiveness into all public
works workflows b/c in centralized system — start to move from 100% reactive to a proactive model (80%-20%) — Provide transparency to citizens — Improve customer service
Timeline — January 2012 Public Work Stakeholders Meeting
Assist Public Works in its “Day To Day” mission, while providing documentation on those services to the constituency. 2. Highlight the fine work done by Public Works 3. Make a case for continued investment in Public Works Mission 1.
Who will fit? — Someone who had a National/International
perspective on GIS and GIS Services — Someone who would take time and ask questions — Someone who had expertise with hardware — Someone who knew wider data trends — Someone who could compare our house to other operations
Timeline….cont…. — Feb – April Quotes for Discovery — June 2013 Public Work Discovery with Geographic
Information Services, Inc 1. Preliminary Work In House 2. Site Visit scheduled (3 days) 3. Results in house to move forward — August Moving forward with Phased approach
— Establish the architecture, software and data to accommodate system growth
Logical Sequence of phasing — Builds on infrastructure of phase 1, implement pre-configured, commercial, GIS-centric work/asset management system — Evolve the work/asset management system — Mobilize the field staff and enhance integration
Esri ArcGIS for Local Government Gallery — My Government Services — Infrastructure Operations Dashboard — Infrastructure Capital Planning — Tax Parcel Viewer (may change)
Implement Cityworks on Premise
First time all divisions can see what is needed for work to be completed . Using the ESRI Templates will give you a quick ………
QUESTIONS??
Thank you for your time. Lynn Morgan, GISP 678-625-1615 [email protected] www.cityofcovington.org www.co.newton.ga.us Kevin Stewart Geographic Information Services, Inc 205-941-0442 ext 135 [email protected] www.esri.com
