2005 Annual Report - Information & Technology

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2005 Information and Technology Committee Annual Report December 6, 2005 Page 2 Chambers where members of the South Bend Common Council, representatives of Metronet, Inc., and county officials met. I have also placed on file in the Information and Technology folder in the Office of the City Clerk, copies of the following documents received from Gary Gilot: • Reciprocal License Agreement between the city and St. Joe Valley Metronet, Inc. dated March 14, 2005 • IRS Form 990 Filing of St. Joe Valley Metronet, Inc. for 2004 Recommendations for 2006: If I continue to Chair the Information and Technology Committee in the new year, I would recommend that we focus upon: • Looking into contracting with a company /agency to develop an effective, comprehensive, informative and inter - active City Council website which is regularly updated in a timely manner, and which would be directly linked to the City of South Bend website Looking into improved ways for the Council's records, which are housed in the Office of the City Clerk, to be accessed on line, including but not limited to regular and special meeting minutes, committee minutes, ordinances, resolutions, annual reports, forms for requests for vacations of public ways, forms for rezonings, forms for annexations, forms tax abatements, etc. The City of South Bend needs to prioritize its technology needs in order to remain competitive in the information market. I look forward to meeting with M. Catherine Fanello who oversees Information Technologies, so that we may jump -start these activities. Thank you. Respect�full submitted, Counci ember David Varner, Chairperson Filed in Clerk's OfflCB Information and Technology Committee DEC 12 2005 cc: Mayor Stephen Luecke Gary Gilot, Public Works Director JOHN voOROE M. Catherine Fanello, City Controller CITY CLERK, so. BEND, 111.