2005 Annual Report - Information & Technology

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W 1111 III/ W". .... — 2005 Annual Report of the Information and Technology Committee of the South Bend Common Council Date: December 6, 2005 To: The South Bend Common Council The Office of the City Clerk From: 5th District Council Member David Varner, Chairperson Information and Technology Committee I am submitting the following Annual Report of the activities of the Council's Information and Technology Committee which is a requirement of § 2-10 (i)of the South Bend Municipal Code. Duties: The Information and Technology Committee is charged with "overseeing the various activities of the City's Division of Information Technologies in the Department of Administration&Finance so that the City of South Bend remains competitive and on the cutting edge of developments in this area. Reviewing and proposing upgrades to computer systems and wplmites,...deyloping availability & access to GIS data and related technologies are just some of iti many activities" 'Members: There 3 werf four (4) Council Members on this Committee, namely: Tianof y Rouse,Vtc l airliersom, Derek D. Dieter, Roland Kelly and myself. i '-lVfeetings_ This- ear the held only one (1) Committee meeting, compared to the six (6)..mee* gs of last year 1 k Activities: Our January 26, 2005 committee meeting was held so that St. Joseph Valley Metronet, Inc. would provide a power point presentation and briefing to the Council. A copy of that presentation in on file in the Office of the City Clerk. That meeting was following by a Saturday Informal Meeting held on April 9, 2005 in the Council