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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA
SERVICE AREA: GENERAL GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: INFORMATION TECHNONOLGY/GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
SYSTEM
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The purpose of the GIS Division is to plan, organize and manage the
construction, operation and maintenance of the Okaloosa County fiber optic network system and associated
telecommunications as well as all Geomatics and related technology activities to deliver an organized, shared
geospatial-centric information infrastructure that enables our county to manage data and resources using a cost
effective county-wide enterprise approach.
REVENUE: Information Systems is funded within the General Fund. Supporting revenue of the General Fund
are ad valorem taxes, state shared revenue, licenses, permits, charges for services, interest, other miscellaneous
revenue and transfers from other funds.
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS LAST YEAR:
Designed Project Management Process.
Managed 2015-2016 Okaloosa County Aerial Photography Project.
Developed key technologies to improve efficiency of county permit and inspection system.
Continued to improve county addressing system.
Worked with Property Appraiser to migrate their servers and systems to Shalimar Admin Bldg.
Continued to develop Property Appraiser website and associated system architecture.
Implemented EOC disaster recovery VMware offsite plan.
Implemented new OCWS subsurface utility database design, data merge process and standard operating
procedure.
Began a comprehensive Public Works technology needs assessment.
Implemented Sentinel GIS Mosquito Control Software.
Mach Alert System integration and coordination for the City of FWB Fire Department.
Daily administration, management and maintenance of all GIS related hardware, software, over 192 geospatial
datasets, websites, over 215 custom reports and various departmental personnel necessary to keep the
enterprise GIS/IT related functions of the County operational and effective.
PROGRAM GOAL: The goal of the GIS Division is to provide robust, user friendly access to “on demand”
geospatial data and systems for critical government services that affect the citizens of our county and manage the
county fiber optic / telecommunications network as a mission critical utility.
KEY OBJECTIVES:
1. Continue to leverage key development environments to produce maintainable, highly effective software
applications.
2. Create a highly available (HA) GIS/IT infrastructure to insure mission critical applications and data services
are available 24x7.
3. Coordinate and facilitate interdepartmental and interagency cooperation to reduce duplication of effort and
wasted resources.
4. Work with federal, state and local governments to create and facilitate cost-sharing strategies.
5. Increase efficiency of current staff by developing better GIS/IT tools to increase fiber optic outside plant
operations and maintenance activities to help prevent communication outages due to fiber optic cuts and utility
relocates.
6. Increase efficiency with technological innovation.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES:
Actual Estimated Proposed
Performance Measures
FY14/15 FY15/16 FY16/17
Websites 15 15 16
Websites hits 5,487,233 5,173,466 5,200,000
Input
Websites page views 2,111,386 2,344,752 2,500,000
Geospatial data on demand (website throughput) 184.8 GB 343.4 GB 400 GB
Ratio of work orders to staff (including
589 688 620
telecommunications)
Output
Ratio of managed datasets to staff (including
21 28 32
telecommunications)
Websites total visitors 107,719 191,749 200,000
Efficiency
Websites unique visitors 38,403 90,252 110,000
Managed geospatial datasets (supporting critical operations) 192 225 250
HISTORICAL STAFFING SUMMARY:
Category FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17
Full-time Management & Professional 7 7 7 7
Full-time Operations & Trades 2 2 2 2
Total 9 9 9 9
EXPENDITURES:
Expenditures Budget
FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY16/FY17 Increase/
Category Actual Actual Approved Proposed +/- Decrease
Personnel Services $512,402 $569,912 $653,487 $653,804 $317 0.0%
Operating Expenses $137,194 $77,297 $186,181 $145,431 ($40,750) (21.9%)
Capital Outlay $31,797 $54,358 $0 $16,500 $16,500 0.0%
Total $681,392 $701,567 $839,668 $815,735 ($23,933) (2.9%)
ACCOUNTS:
FY15 FY16 FY17 FY16/FY17 Increase/
Code Category Approved Approved Proposed +/- Decrease
10 Salaries & Wages $459,603 $492,190 $497,424 $5,234 1.1%
20 Benefits $133,250 $161,297 $156,380 ($4,917) (3.0%)
34 Contract Services $1,000 $86,000 $36,000 ($50,000) (58.1%)
Provides funding for aerial photography project of SR123 and Eglin.
40 Travel & Per Diem $4,250 $4,500 $6,500 $2,000 44.4%
Increase funding is for technical training.
41 Communications Services $7,000 $7,000 $7,000 $0 0.0%
42 Freight & Postage $150 $200 $200 $0 0.0%
44 Rent & Leases $1,500 $1,500 $750 ($750) (50.0%)
45 Risk Management Allocation $7,003 $6,090 $7,615 $1,525 25.0%
Provides additional funding for increase insurance costs.
46 Repair & Maintenance $50,528 $52,156 $56,982 $4,826 9.3%
Additional funding for the repair of vehicles and the department’s plotter.
47 Printing & Binding $200 $200 $200 $0 0.0%
49 Miscellaneous Charges $950 $0 $200 $200 0.0%
51 Office Supplies $1,500 $2,500 $1,500 ($1,000) (40.0%)
Reduction of office supplied based on usage.
52 Operating Supplies $17,416 $21,535 $23,984 $2,449 11.4%
Increase use of fuel.
54 Books/Pubs/Subs & Memberships $500 $500 $500 $0 0.0%
55 Training & Education Expenses $3,500 $4,000 $4,000 $0 0.0%
60 Capital Outlay $50,000 $0 $16,500 $16,500 0.0%
Provides funding for server replacement and a new plotter.
TOTAL $738,350 $839,668 $815,735 ($23,933) (2.9%)
