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<br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor and Council <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br /> <br />DATE: September 4, 200 I <br /> <br />SUBJECT: 2002 Budget <br /> <br /> <br />· GIS <br />Director of Planning Michele McPherson and City Engineer Terry Maurer are <br />scheduled to present information to the City Council on the city's Geographic <br />Information System (GIS) needs, the current status of our system, and how the <br />system would be used by various departments. Michele and Terry will need about 20- <br />30 minutes to explain and discuss the GIS situation. <br /> <br />Staff is still of the opinion that we should spend some funds to complete our system. <br />We are concerned about bei~g dependent on county staffing and priorities in order <br />to have the GIS map completed and kept up to date. We are also concerned that the <br />map may not be completed by the end of 2002 and even if it is, this is too late for <br />our finance department to use for compliance with GASB 34. In the not too distant <br />future it is anticipated that we will be establishing a city engineering department and <br />it is logical to have a GIS staff person in this department to keep our mapping <br />system updated. Funds for this approximately $60,000 expenditure would come from <br />the year-end budget fund balance (due to growth revenues exceeding the budget <br />projection). Attached are two letters regarding this issue. <br />