Submitted By
Alvin Nepomuceno, Director of Information Technology
Reviewed By
Ahmad M. Zayyad, Deputy Village Manager
Agenda Item Title
Title
A Resolution Approving a Supplemental Statement of Work for the GIS Consortium Service Provider Contract for 2024 with Municipal GIS Partners, Incorporated in an Amount Not to Exceed $230,044.00 and Authorizing its Execution
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Overview
Overview
At its August 4, 2014, Regular Meeting, the Village Board directed staff to join the local GIS consortium. This was an opportunity for the Village to greatly improve its GIS capabilities by providing all Village employees with training and access to GIS, as well as, providing an opportunity for some public access to GIS information. The proposed Resolution approves a Supplemental Statement of Work for the GIS Consortium Service Provider Contract for 2024 with Municipal GIS Partners, Incorporated to provide GIS services to the Village using the shared resources of 41 communities.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Adopt the Resolution.
Background
The Village Board approved joining the Local GIS Consortium on October 20, 2015. The GIS Consortium is considered a best practice initiative in which over 41 communities in Cook, Lake, DuPage, and Will counties collaborated to outsource their GIS technology needs with a single private sector service provider. This allowed all communities in the consortium to share the management, staffing, knowledge, and standardization associated with GIS.
The use of GIS for the Village of Oak Park is part of the Village's IT Strategic Plan, previously reviewed by the Civic Information Systems Commission (CISC) as well as the Village Board. A listing of this year's specific accomplishments for both Oak Park as well as the MGP (the private sector provider for the Consortium) as well as goals for the new year is attached.
The GIS Site Analysts are managed, and their work for all departments is coordinated by the Information Technology Dir...
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