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CITY OF COLTON Item #16 AGENDA REPORT For the City Council Meeting of August 21, 2001 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM: THOMAS K. CLARKE, UTILITIES DIRECTORlic lly SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR RECRUITMENT AND RATIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT TO ONE FULL-TIME AUTHORIZED POSITION OF ENGINEERING/GIS TECHNICIAN IN THE ELECTRIC DIVISION OF COLTON PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: August 8, 2001 BACKGROUND: A GIS, or Geographic Information System, is a collection of hardware and software that is used to organize information that has an important relationship to some geographic point in the City. Since 1995, the City has been steadily implementing such a system through its Utilities Department. The increased demand by the City Council and other Departments for specialized maps using GIS data and GIS resources was met with the addition of the Engineering/GIS Technician. This position has now been vacant for some time. DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: The addition of the first Engineering/GIS Technician at the City of Colton dramatically improved the pace of GIS implementation. The conversion process in the Utilities department is more than fifty percent accomplished with the water and sewer conversions complete, and the electric conversion is approximately forty percent complete. The demand for GIS services is continuous, and because of the February, 2001 departure of the Engineering/GIS Technician there is a need once again to fill the position to maintain the steady pace of GIS implementation. FISCAL IMPACT: The existing vacated position is budgeted for in the FY 2001/02 budget in the Internal Services Fund - Engineering/GIS. Account Number 605-8000-8002-1010 (salary) and 605-8000-8002-1100 (benefits). EXPECTED FILL DATE: October 4, 2001. CUSTOMER SERVICE IMPACT: Not filling the vacated position, would create a void in the City's GIS program, and bring the forward momentum of conversion and utilization to a halt. Customers, internally and externally, expect a quick turnaround on information requests and the information needs to be available for it to be retrieved for their use. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: None. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council approve the recruitment and ratification of the employee appointment to the full-time position of Engineering/GIS Technician. Page 1 of 1 Item No.