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INFORMATIONAL X
March 25, 1996
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City Manager (Information Systems Coordinator) advising the Board of the results
of the Strategic Planning Workshop on Information Systems Management for the
City.
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this Board item is to inform the Commission of the results of the
recent Strategic Planning Workshop on Information System Management.
CONSIDERA TIONS:
February 13, 1996, the staff had a workshop on Information Systems
Management with Mr. Kevin Krysda, Information Systems Manager for Martin
County, Florida.
The workshop consisted of a day long evaluation of our current information
system capacity and culminated with a discussion of important strategies and
recommendations with the staff
From this meeting we were able to develop a clear direction for the City consisting
of the following milestones.
a) No more DOS Programs to be purchased.
b) Decision on User Interface (graphical)
c) Decision on standard software for word processing, spreadsheets, and
database.
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d) Planned infrastructure - cabling inside and out, and infrastructure of cabling
closets.
e) Decision on immediate needs to bring the City up to standard along with
cost information.
Since the meeting we have accomplished the following:
a) The City will no longer purchase programs written for DOS; only Windows
programs.
b) The City will be using a Windows Software package as User Interface.
c) The City will be using MicroSoft Office Professional Package.
d) The cabling planned consists of: twisted pair, category 5 wiring for both data
and phone wiring on inside of building; fiber optic from building to building,
and wiring "closet" per building where hubs and patch panels will be kept.
e) A comprehensive list is in the works for hardware and software, and will be
completed for the next staff meeting.
This workshop was completed without expense to the City.
RECOMMENDA TIONS:
This information item is presented for your review and any comments you deem
appropriate.
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