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� _ �� '� '+��r�- - - � , _ _ 1 � � = Memo To: Mayor and Council Neal Beets, City Manager From: Chris Miller, Duane Schwartz, and Rick Mathwig Date: May 15,2006 Re: Discussion on the Goal of Integrating Technology llate: U5/15/U6 Itena: 3.g City Council Goal 7 Continue to Integrate Technology Introduction At the Apri122, 2006 Goal-setting meeting, the Council and Staff identified nine (9) goals for the next year (200612007). The 7th-ranked goal or priority as stated at the meeting was: Continue to Integrate Technology 1�� an effort to further define this goal and to identify potential objectives or action steps that may be needed to achieve it, the following info�ation is submitted Defining the Goal Over the last 10 years, the City has increasingly implemented new technological solutions as a means of improving our service delivery process. It is recognized that technology in of itself does not produce programs and services. Also, the value of technology is inherently dependent on how it is used. As such, it is important to define this goal very clearly. As a suggestion, the goal statement could be revised as: Continue to research and develop new technologies that will enhance programs and ser-vices by either reducing operating costs and/or irnproving the level of service currently being provided With this goal statement, the City will commit to using new technologies responsibly and only if it can be directly tied to improving programs and services. Objectives or Action Steps To achieve this goal (or some revised one), we have tentatively identified the following objectives or action steps that might be needed. They include: 1) Identify the current reliance on technology and ensure that the City has the necessary funding sources to sustain it 2) Identify potential new technological solutions that will either reduce operating costs, and/or improve the level of service 3) Commit to a small budget allocation specifically designated for future technological development Certainly other action steps may need to be identified to give greater clarity to the goal.