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Manager: Tim Williamsen
Address: 11 English Street,
Petaluma, California 94952
FAX: 707.776.3623 E-mail: itinfo@ci.petaluma.ca.us
Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Monday - Friday


For the fiscal year July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008, Information Technology will be working on:

  • Upgrade our server technology using virtual servers and shared storage, to save in replacement, utility and maintenance costs.
  • Continue working with the Technology and Telecommunications Committee, developing programs for better public service through technological means.
  • Continue to develop wireless capability. We launched a prototype at the Petaluma Community Center late Summer, 2006. As of April, 2007, There is also a pilot community wifi in the downtown, in conjunction with Sonic.Net. That pilot was expanded by Council approval in November, 2007.
  • Leveraging of the the City's financial systems, including expansion of workorders and online payments systems.
  • Continued expansion of the City's Granicus web-streaming system for providing access to City meetings.
  • Better integration with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) .
  • Develop and deploy solutions for better worker mobility, utilizing wireless technologies. We are deploying mobile technology and a workorder system for street-workers in this fiscal year.
  • We participate in the Municipal IS Association of California (MISAC), in the Petaluma Cyber City Roundtable (PCCRT), and in States of California and Nevada Chapter of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors - SCAN/NATOA.
  • We are members of the Petaluma "Green Team" and work in support of environmental responsibility.
  • Being constantly on the alert for opportunities to leverage advances in technology for the benefit of staff, allowing improvements in services to the community, or reductions in operating costs. Constant vigil for changes in technology that affect the security of our users' data and applications.
  • Continually updating this web site; looking for opportunities provide better, more timely information and to save staff time; maintaining up-to-date content, accuracy, thoroughness, consistency and uniformity.
  • If you need more information on any of the above, please contact us via e-mail.

 
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