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• Maintain awareness of new systems and applications and train user community on proper Report of the usage and policies. GIS Administrator • To constantly research ways to enhance and expand our wireless network backbone to better support those in the field, namely Police, Fire, To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and EMT's,and Paramedics. Citizens of the Town of Mashpee • To begin implementation of Remote Access in As always I would like to recognize the dedicated staff employed throughout the Town of Mashpee who Police Department vehicles. This will allow for are becoming excellent users of the Town's Geographic enhanced interoperability between the Fire Department and the Police Department while Information System. This technology, when used properly, quickly allows for significant efficiency and giving the Police Dept a new resource for incident based information such as Pre-plans, images, improved communication within a municipaldepartment. Therefore, it is incumbent on the user to video,scanned documents,etc. identify opportunities for improvement through the use Three Year Plan and Outlook: of GIS and I can say without hesitation that Mashpee To complete the connectivity to OpenCape and employees have embraced the GIS like no user group have all town buildings using OpenCape's I've worked with in the past. This town-wide use has regional fiber optic network as our primary indeed enhanced efficiency in our departments and we network. are constantly being challenged to find new,improved methods of delivering the GIS. As reported last year, • To provide consistent, cost effective, and secure we continue to move towards centralized databases and connectivity to all Data Processing Resources for licensing,extensive training,regional partnerships and all Town of Mashpee departments. standardizing of everything from data structures to workflow methodologies. Several important projects • Continued support and statistical evaluation of were brought to fruition this past year, including the Wireless WAN Network to provide a solid, development of a Master Address Table,upgrading our secure, cost effective backbone to all Town data parcels dataset to MassGIS level 3 standard, Processing needs. This wireless network should implementation of a new GIS tool on the Town website become our backup network when we are all while continuing our service to the end-users. completely on OpenCape's regional fiber optic network. Bruce Stello and David DelVecchio, as always, have been incredibly supportive in helping with GIS • Expand Wireless Network backbone and initiatives as they arise. GIS services are now an OpenCape fiber backbone to include Human integral component of the IT Team and the skill and Services Dept, Kids Klub, and Historical energy of the IT staff continues to motivate me to Archives Buildings. continue building the best GIS possible for the residents of Mashpee. Thanks again,David and Bruce, • To do a much better job of harvesting financial for another year of growth and improvement! data out of MUNIS using Crystal Reports. To expand the using and knowledge of creating Department Mission Crystal Reports to most departments. To provide all Town departments and Mashpee citizens the ability to view and analyze geographically • To constantly research ways to enhance and relevant data. expand our wireless network backbone to better support those in the field, namely Police, Fire, Major Activities of the previous Year EMT's, and Paramedics. • Perform all GIS edits in-house • To complete installation of Remote Access on • Expand functional usefulness of Remote Access vital FD and PD vehicles. for Fire Department • Migrate all GIS users to ArcMap 10A 112