Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting Recording

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[0:02] Table, and we'll have everyone else do an
[0:05] introduction. If you have any questions, go ahead
[0:07] and throw that into the chat function or
[0:09] do the raise the hand thing. That way,
[0:12] we can make sure that we include you
[0:15] into the dialogue here. So first, before we
[0:17] go around, we'll start with Christy Christy Tidd,
[0:21] Green County Department of Development. Vicky Sheets, Green
[0:26] County Department of Development. Randy Gilbert, Sanitary Engineering
[0:30] Department. DeAngelo Navratil, Greene County Regional Planning. Alright.
[0:36] This is gonna be I don't know how
[0:37] to to really it's kinda like herding cats
[0:39] here, but if everyone who is logged on
[0:41] and has the ability to access a mic,
[0:44] if you just kinda introduce yourself real quick
[0:46] and who you're with. But before we do
[0:48] that, actually, is do we have anyone from
[0:50] Greene County's IT Department on the call? Yes.
[0:54] This is Mitch Fletcher, network admin. Awesome. Thank
[0:58] you so much for coming. Mitch will be
[1:00] our sort of point of contact for any
[1:02] technical related questions that we might receive. Alright.
[1:06] So if you can maybe start with the
[1:08] Jacobs team and then we'll go with everyone
[1:09] else. So Jacobs is our consulting agency that's
[1:13] helping us build this RFP and a one
[1:15] stop shop permitting solution. Yeah. I'll go first.
[1:19] Oh, sorry. Janine, I think you're on mute.
[1:32] Yeah. I got it now. Sorry about that.
[1:34] Janine Dioriso, I'm one of the two key
[1:37] main players helping pull this RFP together, and
[1:41] we'll be walking through the scope of work
[1:43] with you. Yep. I'm Eric Habermeyer with Jacobs.
[1:47] I've been working with Janine just to kinda
[1:49] help put this together. And then I think
[1:51] for the rest, maybe just go alphabetically if
[1:53] you can follow the no. I'll turn it
[1:55] over to Ann. Albert, I think, is the
[1:56] next on the list. Ann Albert, did you
[2:01] there's a lot of echo. Not sure if
[2:18] I'm next, but, this is Michael Bowen with,
[2:21] three s g plus. Good morning, everyone. Eric
[2:24] Sabato, MainStar. Brian Fatka, Maria Delisle, and Sandy
[2:31] Hess, and we are all from the ICC
[2:33] Community Development Solutions. Ben Smith with Tech Systems.
[2:44] This is Ray Barker and Kara McFall with
[2:46] Online Solutions Citizenserve. Eric and team, good morning.
[2:56] This is Austin Kaiser with three s g
[2:58] plus. A little out of order here, so
[3:00] apologize for that one, but good to see
[3:02] you guys. Hey. Good morning. This is Yeah.
[3:07] Might be jumping as well, but Taylor Brodersen,
[3:11] Helen Whiteco, and Savannah Harris all here with
[3:14] Brightly Software SmartGov. Hey. Good morning. This is,
[3:20] Harish Krishna with Tejas Gov together with, my
[3:24] colleague, Nandan Naik from Atlanta, Georgia. This is
[3:30] Gavira Corrido with Cityworks Trimble. Michael Romano, Cityworks
[3:40] Trimble. Janelle Ennis, Cityworks Trimble. I'm not sure
[3:49] if I'm in the right order here, but
[3:50] I guess it makes the most sense for
[3:52] us to introduce ourselves now. My name is
[3:54] Matti Pujalt. I'm here with Tim Sharber. We
[3:57] are both here with NV five Geospatial. Jason
[4:06] Thompson, I'm here with Zipflo. Alright. Is that
[4:21] everyone? The do we miss anyone here? This
[4:24] is this is Shadrick Adams with Greene County
[4:27] Public Health. I'm also responsible for the noise
[4:30] at the beginning of the call, so I
[4:32] apologize to everyone. My mic was on. It's
[4:34] all good. Thanks, Shadrick. This is Chrisana Anderson
[4:37] Lutz. I'm with Greene County Engineer. Thank you.
[4:42] This is Al Kuzma, Greene County Building Regulation.
[4:52] Right. I think that's everyone. Alright. So just
[4:56] a minute, I'll hand things off to the
[4:58] Jacobs team to kinda walk us through this
[5:00] PowerPoint presentation. But before we get started, I'd
[5:03] like to just make sure that we're all
[5:05] tracking the same time frame here. So any
[5:08] questions are due by January 30 by four
[5:12] p. M. Eastern Standard Time. Our responses back
[5:15] to you are due by February 6, '4
[5:17] p. M. And all proposals are due by
[5:20] February 20. And that is eleven a. M.
[5:23] Eastern Standard Time. So with that, I'm going
[5:27] to hand things off to Janine and Jacob's
[5:29] team and they'll walk us through their presentation
[5:31] here. Yeah, thank you. So there's the agenda.
[5:39] Let's hit the purpose of the RFP real
[5:41] quick. Eric, if you can go to that.
[5:44] So that's that schedule overview. Oh, sorry. Eric,
[5:48] can you go back to the schedule overview?
[5:52] Sorry about that. And this is what Eric,
[5:55] Henry was just speaking to. This schedule overview
[5:58] is included in the RFP, so you can
[6:01] see those dates. There is a note underneath
[6:04] that that indicates, you know, these dates could
[6:06] change, but for the most part, this is
[6:09] the solid schedule that Greene County is looking
[6:12] to follow. Eric, you want you can go
[6:16] to the next slide. So how we want
[6:19] to conduct a meeting. So support consultant is
[6:24] us, Jacob. Greene County, and we will present
[6:29] the topics listed in the agenda. We wanna
[6:31] leave thirty minutes at the end for your
[6:34] questions and answers. So let us get through
[6:37] the core content. If you have a question,
[6:41] jot it down, and when we open it
[6:42] up, we'll certainly respond to those. And as
[6:46] Eric said, the hand raise function is gonna
[6:48] help us when we get to that point.
[6:51] All questions we will be documenting any questions
[6:54] that are raised here verbally, but you might
[6:56] notice that in certain instances, we will say,
[6:59] please submit that in writing, because we know
[7:03] that that's gonna be information that, you know,
[7:05] needs to be documented and and pushed back
[7:07] out through, the response to questions. So just
[7:11] be prepared for that. Okay. Eric, the next
[7:15] slide. So purpose of the RFP, Eric Henry
[7:18] gave a nice summary on that. And just
[7:21] to really we're and we're not gonna read
[7:23] all this text, but really focus on key
[7:26] purposes. So technology solution, Greene County is looking,
[7:31] for a permitting and plan review technology solution.
[7:34] That could be one technology that encompasses all
[7:37] the requirements and the things they're looking for,
[7:40] or it could be a technology solution that
[7:43] involves a couple of different technologies. It is
[7:46] important to be mindful, and there's a technology
[7:49] diagram included in the RFP, of the existing
[7:53] technologies that they're working with. In certain instances,
[7:56] a software such as stages that supports building
[8:01] regulation, that's in that's staying. And so you'll
[8:04] notice that there are some requirements around triggering
[8:10] notifications between those two systems and and then
[8:14] some. So take in mind that full suite
[8:18] of software that they currently have in play.
[8:21] There's a couple of mentions of software that
[8:24] is optional. So this just indicates that Greene
[8:27] County is thinking through a few things, about
[8:30] their technology suite as it as it exists.
[8:34] And when we're looking for costing of something
[8:37] like an online phone system, I think is
[8:39] referenced in there, it's labeled as optional. They're
[8:43] considering that as part of the solution if
[8:46] if that's going to improve things for them.
[8:48] So take that in and be mindful of
[8:51] those details when you're looking at them. Overall,
[8:55] they are looking, as Eric said, this one
[8:57] stop. This is this is a lot about
[8:59] a key focus is on customer service and,
[9:03] efficiency and processing permit applications and plan reviews.
[9:08] And so ease of use on the customer
[9:11] side, what what the end user has to
[9:13] interact with simplicity, is a key objective in
[9:17] what they're looking for. Also, you'll see reference
[9:21] to smartly presented. So if I'm a customer,
[9:24] I'm entering what I want to do, what
[9:26] type of business I want to do at
[9:28] Greene County. The system through entering of of
[9:32] few keywords will help present to me the
[9:35] process I need to follow, the permit applications
[9:38] I'm I'm going to need to apply for,
[9:41] the turnaround times that I can expect as
[9:44] these applications go through internal review. So these
[9:49] are key objectives that the county is looking
[9:53] for. And then, of course, on the internal
[9:55] side, having access to whose court is it
[9:58] in now. I've reviewed it. I'm sanitary engineering.
[10:01] I need to now have county engineer do
[10:05] their thing. So, there are timings of push
[10:08] notifications. So notifications and supporting that process is
[10:12] another key objective. The staff are aware of
[10:15] where things are at and and those turnaround
[10:17] times and how they're performing in alignment. So
[10:21] that's an expanded purpose and vision. Eric, you
[10:24] can go to the next slide. So scoop
[10:27] of work. So this is included in appendix
[10:30] b as in boy. Eric, you can move
[10:33] that past that slide. So boring text, I
[10:37] know, but just to emphasize what the county
[10:39] is looking for. So phase one on project
[10:41] definition, you see a couple of key tasks.
[10:45] So the scope of work when we lay
[10:46] this out, we are asking you to present
[10:49] a proposal that more or less follows what
[10:52] is being asked for. You'll see a lot
[10:54] of rigor, in the configuration stage around testing
[10:58] and training. Those are critical elements because we're
[11:01] really on cost client adoption, end user adoption,
[11:06] and ease of use. In the project definition
[11:09] phase, it's just, you know, setting out that
[11:11] project management plan. What is your timeline? What
[11:14] are the key, activities that will be going
[11:17] on? And a key thing this informs is
[11:19] you're working with busy people. Whoever selected will
[11:22] be working with really busy people and they
[11:25] need to know that schedule in advance of
[11:27] when their time is going to be needed
[11:28] so they can plan accordingly. And then, of
[11:31] course, the kickoff meeting to explain how things
[11:34] are going to move forward. On the next
[11:37] slide, we're starting on phase two, which is
[11:39] really the blueprinting. One thing I really want
[11:42] to emphasize is Greene County staff, people around
[11:46] the table that you're that are on this
[11:48] call, and others did a lot of intense
[11:51] work to envision what they wanted. And so,
[11:55] you'll notice in the, right under the the
[11:58] phase two blueprinting title, it says confirm business
[12:02] processes. A big difference, and this is, something
[12:06] to take note of, we are not asking
[12:08] you to start from scratch and and pull
[12:11] these people through a bunch of, well, how
[12:12] would you like it to be set up?
[12:14] How would you like it to work? They
[12:16] have done a lot of great work toward
[12:18] that end already, and it's very detailed business
[12:21] process diagrams in that appendix b. That is
[12:25] their vision. It's also been couched that, you
[12:28] know, this may be your vision. You may
[12:30] not get a % of of how you
[12:33] want this to work. It may be 90%.
[12:36] That's what we're targeting. Right? It's not a
[12:38] hundred. But nonetheless, that is their vision. So
[12:41] I've they've gone through a lot of effort
[12:43] to do this. So I really wanna emphasize
[12:45] that you're not hitting the you know, from
[12:47] ground zero, you're starting a leg up. And
[12:51] what came out, the tech technical the functional
[12:54] requirements that you see in that Excel spreadsheet
[12:57] that was included in the proposal package, that
[13:01] we're asking you to fill out, those functional
[13:04] requirements are directly related to those business process
[13:08] diagrams by business process listed, and they are
[13:11] categorized by permit type or plan type that
[13:14] is being reviewed. So there is a one
[13:16] to one alignment there. So those diagrams really
[13:19] help understand what the county's asking for, from
[13:23] a vision standpoint, and those functional requirements were
[13:26] asking you to say, can your technology solution
[13:29] do this? Is it out of the box?
[13:32] Is it something that would need to be
[13:33] created? You know? So they have some sense
[13:36] of what your solution how many of those
[13:39] requirements it actually needs. So as part of
[13:42] blueprinting, that system implementation plan, you know, is
[13:47] a task creating the that more detailed technology
[13:50] set of steps, going through the functional requirements,
[13:54] the business process, and then working with their
[13:56] IT designated person around to make sure there's
[14:00] an understanding around data security, any hardware or
[14:05] interfaces to existing software. So, is that blueprinting
[14:10] phase, a lot of work, but there is
[14:12] also a starting point. On the next slide,
[14:16] we show an example of those detailed business
[14:19] process diagrams. I know you can't read that
[14:21] on the slide, but they are in the
[14:23] RFP. Again, you know, you'll kind of notice
[14:26] workflows, and I know technology people are used
[14:29] to looking at these. And you'll see the
[14:32] existing systems reference as well as a generic,
[14:36] blue cylinder data box that is labeled One
[14:39] Stop. That's the technology solution. And so, that,
[14:43] we're seeing what do we want One Stop
[14:45] to do at a particular step. Okay. Next
[14:49] slide. Then, during phase three, that realization phase,
[14:54] the the confirmation of the plan of action,
[14:57] the what what what the team the proposal
[15:00] team is going to be doing to build
[15:01] out. Now you're starting to realize and set
[15:04] up those configurations. Again, you'll you'll see a
[15:07] lot of reference to and they're in the
[15:09] scope of work in that appendix b. It
[15:12] describes what each of those testing steps entail.
[15:16] But for those of you who are technology,
[15:18] it's pretty best practice. Right? But a lot
[15:20] of emphasis on testing, making sure data's flowing
[15:22] because we've got several systems at play here.
[15:26] And then training too. We're not looking for
[15:29] a very simple one day training. This is
[15:32] how you do it. But know that there's
[15:36] a lot of, people not only on the
[15:39] customer side, but on the, internal side that
[15:43] come from different groups. So, the training can't
[15:47] just be this quick one day. There's there's
[15:49] some kind of focused training that needs to
[15:51] go on. Again, because the the long term
[15:54] interest is that they've got a solid technology
[15:57] solution that's accepted and used and loved by
[16:02] staff. Okay. Next one down. And then go
[16:10] live. Of course, being there when things go
[16:13] live, be there for when, questions are being
[16:17] asked. And, in particular, in the costing sheet,
[16:20] you'll see, there's an interest in knowing the,
[16:23] just up to five years, what those annual,
[16:27] five years cost would be, to provide the
[16:30] maintenance and support. Alright. Next one. We're getting
[16:35] to questions, guys. Okay. Last section that I'm
[16:38] gonna talk through, and then we'll toss it
[16:40] back. Go ahead, Eric. So just, this is
[16:43] in the RFP itself, but just, verbalizing is
[16:47] there's the address for where the hard copy
[16:50] proposal should be submitted along with the USB
[16:53] flash drive. So you'll see they're looking for
[16:55] five hard copies. That includes that separate Microsoft
[16:59] Excel spreadsheet where you are responding yes, no,
[17:03] maybe with configuration, those types of things to
[17:06] each of those requirements, and then an electronic
[17:09] copy. So both the proposal itself and that.
[17:13] And then the cost proposal, they want in
[17:15] a separate field envelope. Alright, Eric. So the
[17:22] proposal requirements, you're used to seeing these categories.
[17:28] There are indications of page limits, so it
[17:31] gives some sense of detail on what's being
[17:34] looked for. Just clear writing, nailing the what
[17:39] is being asked for and and providing that
[17:41] exactly is a key. Right? Simplicity and clarity
[17:46] is is is gonna be the key. You'll
[17:49] notice on the e, item e, the proposed
[17:52] technology solution, that's pretty short, two pages. It's
[17:56] a basic statement of, okay, are the needs
[17:58] that we have. What do you propose from
[18:01] a technology? You may be teaming up with
[18:03] another technology provider, or you may have the
[18:07] whole enchilada in one suite. But the point
[18:09] is is is that section is to say,
[18:12] what is it? We're not looking for a
[18:14] bunch of salesy material. We know sometimes people
[18:17] will go their route of in a section
[18:19] like that, you know, throwing in 10 brochures.
[18:22] That's not what we're looking for. We're looking
[18:24] for simplicity and clarity. Please state exactly what
[18:27] you're proposing. And then it's in that item
[18:29] f where we want you to detail out
[18:32] the approach. And, again, the the key nugget
[18:35] here is the approach is the scope of
[18:37] work that's detailed out in appendix b as
[18:40] in boy. So if you follow that scope
[18:43] of work, obviously, you're professionals. There are variations
[18:48] from that, which is fine and understandable. But
[18:51] for the most part, you have the messaging
[18:54] around intense testing, good training. Those are key
[18:58] nuggets. Okay? Almost there. Okay. The cost proposal
[19:04] sheet, which is appendix a, you'll notice just
[19:08] out of the gate that in the table
[19:10] itself, each of the, from the scope of
[19:14] work, each of the numbered scope of work
[19:16] items are listed there. The titles are listed
[19:19] there, and that's where we're emphasizing, please follow
[19:22] this approach. Right? How much would it cost
[19:24] you to get through that, you know, the
[19:26] estimate, any expense costs associated? On the expense
[19:30] cost, you know, if there's a lot of
[19:33] work you can do remotely and you're not
[19:35] having to travel in, especially if you're not
[19:37] local, that's gonna, you know, weigh well. So
[19:40] you're balancing out that need of being in
[19:42] person and the value of that versus work
[19:45] you can be doing offline. And then on,
[19:49] what's flashed up on the screen is the
[19:50] second page of that. You'll see reference to
[19:54] the interpieces, a potential for data migration if
[19:59] the decision is to get rid of one
[20:01] of their existing technologies, because this new technology
[20:05] solution might place this. I say that with
[20:08] the disclaimer. There has been no decision towards
[20:10] that end. It's just a potential, and we're
[20:13] leaving options open where where decisions still need
[20:18] to be made. There are references in the
[20:22] interfaces two to three non Greene County, so
[20:27] statewide systems where different groups or divisions at
[20:32] Greene County must interact with. You've got a
[20:34] system like TOCAY. You've got the health department
[20:38] uses HDIS. These are statewide systems. They are
[20:41] not going away. So, you'll see referenced and
[20:44] described in the RFP. And we've already had
[20:47] conversations with those entities. But a a very
[20:52] simple data exchange, whether that's a direct integration
[20:56] or, a data export from those systems where
[20:59] someone manually is bringing that into the new
[21:02] technology system on the Greene County side, which
[21:05] that latter is the more practical of what's
[21:08] gonna happen based on what we know. Those
[21:10] statewide systems don't want Greene County systems, you
[21:14] know, feeding information in and out and exchanging.
[21:16] So that data export process is is the,
[21:20] route that is most likely. So but please
[21:25] look at those costing things as, let's put
[21:28] them in here as if it were an
[21:30] integration on a couple of those data points
[21:33] just for cost comparison and as prompted there.
[21:38] I'm probably confused that just read what's written
[21:40] there, which is please give us a cost
[21:42] for an integration. But, again, for your back
[21:44] pocket, most likely, will be a manual export
[21:47] import. Okay. Almost done, Eric. Okay. The the,
[21:54] functional and technical, requirements response work, which is
[21:58] that Excel spreadsheet. Again, it supports the listing
[22:03] of requirements as defined by Greene County staff.
[22:07] We would like you to submit that, you
[22:10] know, along with your proposal that's helping with
[22:13] the evaluation that the voting members are gonna
[22:15] be going through. It doesn't count on your
[22:18] proposal page limit, and you can see the
[22:21] number of different types listed there. So, functional,
[22:24] how do we want it to behave? The
[22:26] notification, routing, you know, display performance metrics against
[22:32] processing time, those types of things. On the
[22:35] technical requirements, that was heavily led by Greene
[22:39] County IT, to help describe the technology environment,
[22:44] any data and security requirements, those types of
[22:46] things. And you'll see that categorization when you
[22:49] look at that workbook. Again, there's two worksheets,
[22:53] functional requirements, technical requirements. Okay? You can't read
[23:02] that. That's just an image of what it
[23:04] is. So you have the requirements listed on
[23:06] the left, the category that it falls into,
[23:10] and you're filling out those four blue columns
[23:12] with, and there's some acronyms there that that
[23:15] indicate, yes, the my technology solution can wholly
[23:18] meet this. No problem. Or it can't. Right?
[23:22] So and we recognize that a % of
[23:26] everything Greene County has envisioned may or may
[23:29] not be possible. Alright? The proposal evaluation criteria,
[23:37] this is directly from the RFP. So we're
[23:40] quality of the proposal references. Where have you
[23:43] done something similar? We know it may not
[23:46] be exactly similar, but, those references are important.
[23:51] Your just general qualifications and experience. Is this
[23:55] your first time ever doing this, or have
[23:57] you done this, you know, 5,000,000 times kind
[24:00] of a thing? That ability to meet desired
[24:03] functionality, again, that workbook that has the functional
[24:06] and technical requirements, that's, you know, an important
[24:12] extremely important consideration for the voting members. And
[24:15] then we've got the cost listed out as
[24:17] well. And I think that's probably the last
[24:21] slide for me. Eric Henry, I'm gonna toss
[24:26] it back to you if you've got someone
[24:28] there who can do this last section on
[24:30] the contract forms and then we can open
[24:32] it up to q and a. I I
[24:34] don't believe we have anyone from legal on
[24:36] the call. All I'll say about this is
[24:38] these are required documents for your submittal of
[24:41] of your bid. If you have any questions,
[24:44] I'd ask that you send those in writing
[24:45] so we can have our legal team go
[24:47] ahead and review them. Then I'll put out
[24:50] some sort of FAQ available to all to
[24:52] make sure that those answers are able to
[24:55] be reviewed by everyone once spent. So that's
[24:58] all I have to say about that section
[25:00] time being. Respond, I mean, about that. I
[25:09] don't know if Jeanine, you wanna go over
[25:10] that or I feel like it's self explanatory,
[25:14] but I'm happy to encourage questions, comments on
[25:18] this. Okay. Alright. Well, let's since that's a
[25:24] nice segue, let's go ahead and open it
[25:26] up for questions. Think Eric, Hob Habermeer, if
[25:30] you can, do that, we can open it
[25:32] up. So that was a lot. It may
[25:37] rest, where let's go ahead and and open
[25:39] it up for questions. And as, Eric Henry
[25:42] suggested, if you don't mind using your hand
[25:44] raise, that'll give some sense of order to
[25:46] any questions. Let's see. And Eric Habermeyer, you
[25:57] can help me. Why am I not seeing
[25:59] the hand raised? Okay. Who's that? Taylor Roderson?
[26:05] Yeah. Thank you. Can you hear me okay?
[26:08] Yep. Yes. We can hear you. Perfect. So
[26:13] I'm looking at it's mentioned a couple of
[26:15] times the interfaces that are required and optional,
[26:21] and I'm specifically looking at page 18 where
[26:24] it has them, labeled out in a table.
[26:27] I was curious, and I can kinda ask
[26:29] these questions one by one, but I was
[26:31] hoping to get a better sense of exactly
[26:35] what each of these systems is used for
[26:38] today. And secondarily to that question would be
[26:42] if the solution that we're bidding on could
[26:46] help consolidate some of these other systems. Is
[26:49] that something you'd like us to propose as
[26:51] well, or is the county looking to definitely
[26:55] keep all of those in place and just
[26:57] integrate? So sorry. Long question. It's a great
[27:02] question. One thing that popped into my mind,
[27:05] Eric Henry, I'm stalling for time because I'm
[27:07] gonna toss it to you as the official
[27:08] kind of take the questions and farm it
[27:12] out. But, Eric Coppermeyer, if you don't mind,
[27:14] I think, having the RFP, maybe we could
[27:16] even pull up that page 18 might be
[27:19] helpful. Yep. I'm pulling it up right now.
[27:24] Okay. And, Taylor, to oh, sorry. There is
[27:28] a diagram that I think is helpful. I
[27:30] think it's figure two one that shows the
[27:34] different technologies in play, and there's some commentary
[27:37] about what type of information is desired to
[27:40] be shared. Is that all the details at
[27:43] the moment? No. But it gives that high
[27:45] level. So anyway, Eric Henry, did I spell
[27:49] enough for you? So for the first part
[27:51] of your question, I would leave that to
[27:53] the individual departments to answer specifically. The second
[27:58] part, I'm gonna give you kind of a
[28:00] nuanced answer. It's just probably not super helpful,
[28:03] but in a perfect world, consolidation would happen.
[28:07] That being said, it feels like it's it's
[28:10] so burdensome and so complicated that it's unattainable,
[28:13] but I'd be happy to look at proposals
[28:17] that have that function in there. But it's
[28:19] not something that I'm requiring at this time,
[28:21] if that makes sense. So if I'm hearing
[28:26] that correctly, you know, being able to interface,
[28:29] you would want us to outline but would
[28:31] also be open to a recommendation where we
[28:35] may be able to consolidate. Correct. Okay. Yeah.
[28:40] That's helpful. And I do see the 2.1,
[28:50] so that's really helpful as well. But if
[28:52] any of the departments have any other detail
[28:55] that would be helpful for us on the
[28:56] different systems, definitely open to hearing that. I
[29:02] don't put you on the spot. What do
[29:04] you I I I don't. Okay. We'll start
[29:08] with the media room that we have here,
[29:09] then we'll open it up to the people
[29:11] on the call. So go to Randy with
[29:14] sanitary first. Yeah. With sanitary, we use the
[29:17] Cityworks. CityWorks is our main AMS asset management
[29:24] system. We have the add on for the
[29:27] PLL for all of our permitting, and all
[29:31] of our historical permits are listed or are
[29:34] contained in that software. So that is a
[29:37] very vital piece of, history for us. While
[29:44] it is listed as an optional, someone's going
[29:47] to have to make a very good case
[29:49] to me to move away from it. I
[29:55] that's not going to be a decision that's
[29:57] made likely. I'll I'll just say that. We
[30:00] spent too much time and effort getting where
[30:02] we're at. It's gonna have to be a
[30:05] very great solution to move me away from
[30:07] it. So I do wanna make that comment.
[30:11] Now Tokay is the other one that we
[30:13] utilize that's on this list. That's our backflow
[30:17] prevention system. We keep track of all the
[30:21] backflow devices in our system. Again, that's a
[30:28] software that we've just we spent a lot
[30:29] of time getting up and running. If there's
[30:32] another solution, I guess we'd be we'd entertain
[30:35] it. But, again, it has it would have
[30:38] to have all of the abilities that that
[30:42] software has it that we're used to and
[30:44] our plumbers are used to before we would
[30:48] consider moving. Deandra? Sure. So for regional planning,
[30:56] we don't directly work with any of these
[30:58] interfaces aside from GIS, but we use that
[31:01] more for research purposes and for zoning research
[31:05] and helping our people who call us with
[31:08] questions on that. The only thing that we
[31:10] would be looking for directly is the online
[31:14] payment system because right now, we don't have
[31:16] anything. We only take cash and checks at
[31:20] the moment, so that's something that other departments
[31:22] have obviously modernized on, and that's something we're
[31:26] really gonna need assistance with. Awesome. Thank you.
[31:32] I'm trying to think off the top of
[31:33] my head. So let's go with public health.
[31:35] Chad. Chadwick? Yeah. Chadwick here. We utilize the
[31:40] program known as HDIS. That's health district information
[31:44] systems. It's a very old, archaic database program
[31:51] that encompasses just about everything that happens at
[31:54] a health district from environmental to community health,
[31:58] billing, receiving, tracking time, and mileage, all sorts
[32:03] of things. Despite its age, we are not
[32:07] looking for a replacement within the scope of
[32:11] this of this proposal. Because it is so
[32:15] old and somewhat sensitive, we want an export
[32:20] only function with HDIS. That is we send
[32:24] out our plumbing information into the one stop
[32:29] shop database that we're proposing here, but it
[32:32] would not be two way. Yeah. Sorry. I'm
[32:37] gonna chime in here. This is Janine. And
[32:39] that's indicated in the RFP as you just
[32:42] said. Right? And I'm saying this for all
[32:44] the proposers. Tokay that was referenced by Randy
[32:48] Gilbert, which is the backflow prevention, that is
[32:52] not intended to go away. It's just the
[32:54] export activity. HDIS is another system that's used
[32:59] at the state level that's not going away,
[33:02] as well as a system called SWPPP. You'll
[33:07] see that reference. That's a statewide, you know,
[33:11] system as well. So, again, with those three
[33:13] in particular, there's no replacement of that functionality
[33:17] desired. Thank you. Let's go with Prasanna, are
[33:27] you there for the accounting engineer? Yeah. I
[33:29] am. Yeah. I just like to reiterate what
[33:31] Janine just said, which is that SwiftTrack is
[33:34] definitely something that we cannot replace. We're not
[33:37] looking to replace. It's integral to what we
[33:41] do with our storm water, and it does
[33:43] an excellent excellent job with that. So we're
[33:45] gonna go ahead and keep that the way
[33:47] that it is. Apia is newer for us
[33:52] and we are really liking the way that
[33:54] it works. So we don't need to have
[33:57] it replaced. But Apia is something that we
[34:04] would consider if necessary, if someone had something
[34:07] better out there. But it's working right now.
[34:13] So that's about it. Fantastic. And last, certainly
[34:18] not least, Al of the building department. Yeah.
[34:22] Sage is, we're committed to that program. It's
[34:25] our permit tracking system, plan review, also keeps
[34:31] track of all our inspections. So, we're well
[34:35] invested in that. We like it, and we
[34:39] wanna keep it. Although, I do wanna keep
[34:43] it open mind just in case there's something
[34:47] else out there. But, you know, that would
[34:50] be pretty exceptional for us to give up
[34:52] on stages. And if anybody has So let
[34:56] me let me do a summary here for
[34:59] people on the phone who are, like, wait.
[35:01] What's going on? There's, like, existing plan review,
[35:04] permitting systems at certain and this is in
[35:07] the RFP, but we're just verbalizing. You've got
[35:09] building regulation. Al just spoke and he spoke
[35:12] about stages, and that's indicated as something that
[35:16] is not going away in the RFP. Stages
[35:19] currently only handle plan, review and permitting tracking
[35:24] for building regulation. The challenge is is that
[35:27] other divisions who need communication and coordination and
[35:32] and process flow to be supported as a
[35:35] whole unit, is the county and these divisions
[35:38] working together, a system like Sage's is not
[35:42] currently supporting them. Similarly, when Randy Gilbert over
[35:47] sanitary engineering was describing his use of Cityworks
[35:50] for their asset management, that is not going
[35:53] away. They're using, in to a a certain
[35:58] degree, the PLL module of CityWorks. But, again,
[36:01] it's just sanitary engineering. And you heard Randy
[36:04] say, and it's labeled as optional. If the
[36:07] new technology solution that we're asking for through
[36:11] this RFP, does a with BAM job, right,
[36:15] and could convince the Randy Gilbert and sanitary
[36:18] engineering to release the CityWorks PLL component, then
[36:22] that's what happens or vice versa. CityWorks PLL
[36:25] is proposed to support larger divisions. I know
[36:28] we got some CityWorks people. So you gotta
[36:30] think of that, you know, it's the challenge
[36:33] is it's being used, stages and both Cityworks
[36:35] are being used by single group when it
[36:38] needs to support all their groups or a
[36:41] whole new technology solution is in play. So
[36:47] that's kind of the big overview if you
[36:49] hear people saying my plan in permitting review
[36:53] software is not going away because it's already
[36:57] supporting me. Did that confuse the matter or
[37:03] bring clarity? I think that was really helpful.
[37:08] I think all the feedback is helpful in
[37:10] understanding where each department is. So thank you
[37:15] very much. Looks like we have the next
[37:21] question from Matthew. Yeah. Hey. Matthew here from
[37:30] NV5 Geospatial. Out of curiosity, will Jacobs be,
[37:35] providing a proposal to this RFP? No. We
[37:41] are we we are not. We're a partner
[37:45] with Greene County in getting the RFP ready
[37:49] in alignment with their needs. Our role on,
[37:56] the implementation phase of it is is TBD,
[38:01] but but if there is a role there,
[38:03] we would be helping to manage the implementation
[38:06] and serve as a gatekeeper to answer questions,
[38:09] those types of things. Okay. Great. Thank you.
[38:27] Other questions? This is Taylor again, if it's
[38:34] okay. I had one more. The RFP points
[38:38] to 15 I think it was 15 unique
[38:41] dashboards. Are there specific data points and dashboards
[38:46] that the county is referencing for those 15
[38:49] or just looking for the ability to create
[38:52] custom dashboards? Great question. So, yes. So think
[38:59] of the end user that 15 number is
[39:02] up to, I believe that's the language, but
[39:06] that's the intent anyway. Think of the end
[39:09] users within the county. So you have, you
[39:11] know, executive leadership is interested in tracking metrics.
[39:17] How are we doing? In particular, are we
[39:19] being responsive to customers? We have stated out
[39:23] there that, you know, once you submit an
[39:25] application, it takes so many days to process.
[39:29] How are we as an internal group performing
[39:31] against that? So I'm making this up because
[39:33] we haven't yet defined those dashboards. What would
[39:35] they like on their dashboard if they could
[39:37] pick, like, 10 things? But that's the idea.
[39:40] So executive leadership, the the directors of each
[39:44] of the divisions, Randy Gilbert, you know, etcetera,
[39:49] Stephanie Gough, they will have specific for their
[39:53] own group and their responsibilities, you know, kind
[39:56] of keeping an eye on the ball and
[39:58] making sure things are proceeding process wise and
[40:00] they have a sufficient time. So those are
[40:02] the types of metrics more aligned with performance
[40:05] metrics, but still TBD. In the RFP itself,
[40:08] I think we're requesting the cost associated with
[40:11] if you were out of the gate to
[40:13] build a dashboard for them, how much would
[40:16] that level of effort be with the intent
[40:18] that they would, through the training, would then
[40:21] have the competency internal to create, you know,
[40:25] random dashboards, ad hoc reports, should they need
[40:28] to beyond that. So we're just looking for
[40:31] the pricing of the dashboard piece actually creating
[40:35] them. Okay. Thank you. Hey, everybody. This is
[40:45] Michael Vaughn from DraftG Plus. I had a
[40:48] question about the getting back to the two
[40:51] way integrations with some of the various systems.
[40:53] Are is it known at this time whether
[40:55] systems like Tokay and Sages, do they have,
[40:59] like, a an open API that that that
[41:02] can be accessed and leveraged? Or is that
[41:05] is the expect is the expectation that that
[41:07] will be investigated and and and included in
[41:10] the response? Great question. So we headed that
[41:15] off. We did work with Greene County to
[41:17] reach out to representatives from each of those
[41:20] software vendors, to get clarity on that, you
[41:23] know, would would you be open to a
[41:26] a connection through an API or, you know,
[41:29] or or do you have strict rules about
[41:31] that? And absolutely, say no. All of them
[41:35] indicated the preference was for that manual export.
[41:39] So but they also referenced, potential for API
[41:44] connection. So does it need to be further
[41:48] discussed with them once they see the actual
[41:50] data points of what we're looking for? And
[41:52] we did kinda summarize that for them so
[41:53] they saw that it's really about notifications of
[41:57] when something is done. So when something is
[41:59] done, for example, in SwiftTrack, which is a
[42:02] statewide system, it works well. That the the
[42:06] status of whatever's being done in SwiftTrack is
[42:09] pushed into that one stop portal so the
[42:11] customer truly has. Can the customer go to
[42:14] SwiftTrack separately? Of course. But we wanna bring
[42:17] it all together to them in one place.
[42:19] So it's really primarily notification of where the
[42:23] process is at within those other systems. So
[42:26] that's the that's the the the type of
[42:28] information, But, yes, definitely needs to be further
[42:33] discussed with them. But those connections are made.
[42:35] They're aware of the potential request coming. And
[42:39] if we cost it what that API, just
[42:42] simple notification of process integration is, then we
[42:46] know that cost associated with that option if
[42:48] those in entities say yes. Okay. Great. So
[42:54] so I'm thinking about in thinking about the
[42:56] proposal, you know, our our our our charge
[42:59] is to investigate, well, a, the possibility of
[43:01] whether or not that's that's that can happen.
[43:04] But just the the cost associated with whatever
[43:06] development work would be required, you know, from
[43:11] the platform that we're proposing, the one stop
[43:13] shop platform, if you will, and and what
[43:15] that would take to to to essentially push
[43:18] that data into into these these other platforms.
[43:22] But in terms of the return data, the
[43:24] things that are triggered in in the the
[43:26] Sages and the ToeCase of the world, you
[43:28] know, that would require a little bit further
[43:30] exploration with those entities in order to in
[43:33] order to get that return data, if you
[43:34] will. Am am I understanding that correctly? Yeah.
[43:38] No. And you raised a very valid point,
[43:40] and I I I hear you. How about
[43:44] this? Greene County will note this as a
[43:47] question that we officially respond to, in writing.
[43:52] And do you mind just submitting that making
[43:55] sure you submit that question in writing, and
[43:57] then the county will have a response because
[43:59] you raised a valid point towards that end.
[44:02] Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. We'll we'll make sure we
[44:04] get something submitted. Thank you, guys. Bye. Yep.
[44:13] What else? Hi. Kara McFall, Citizenserv. Will you
[44:18] be providing the copy of the recording of
[44:21] this conference? Eric Henry? I'm okay with it.
[44:31] Excellent. Thank you so much. Yeah. And it's
[44:40] it's a big it's a big, RFP. I
[44:44] think you probably all noted that, and in
[44:48] particular, the, I forget the name of the
[44:51] woman who brought it up. Taylor. Taylor. Thank
[44:54] you. You know, that technology diagram in 2.1
[44:59] gives you that sense of, complexity, that they're
[45:04] looking for with these different systems in play.
[45:09] But at the same time, just that if
[45:12] you keep that primary objective in mind, simplicity
[45:15] on customer, I'm coming to I'm sitting at
[45:19] home. I'm going I'm logging on. I'm typing
[45:22] in a few keywords about what I wanna
[45:24] do. And based on a search function, a
[45:27] search engine, the system is communicating to me
[45:32] the process I need to follow, the permits
[45:36] I need to apply for, expected turnaround times,
[45:41] right, processing times, and I'm able to follow
[45:45] and see where my application is in at
[45:49] the at any point in time. I also
[45:52] know when I'm required to do something and
[45:56] how long it's taken me. Right? And then
[46:01] internally, again, the the same functionality is there
[46:05] where internally they're able to see each other's
[46:08] comments on plans. They're able to see tag
[46:11] who's next because someone did just did something
[46:14] in the field. So that vision really speaks
[46:18] to efficiency and clarity of where I'm at
[46:21] in the process. So those are the key
[46:24] objectives. Even though there's a lot of existing
[46:28] technologies at play here, If you kind of
[46:31] think of it in that manner, it really
[46:33] keeps that end goal in mind. Alright. I'm
[46:39] very wordy. The county knows this, so I'll
[46:41] stop. Eric, I'm gonna toss it back to
[46:42] you. I have nothing to really add there.
[46:50] Is there anything that we can clarify further
[46:53] on or for anyone in the audience as
[46:55] far as that last question goes? Any additional
[47:04] questions? Well, not seeing any, so I guess
[47:13] we can give you about an hour and
[47:14] ten minutes back in your day there. If
[47:18] you wouldn't mind submitting any follow on questions
[47:21] in writing, that way we can make sure
[47:23] we provide it as clear as a response
[47:25] as possible. And, yeah, thank you for your
[47:28] interest, and enjoy the rest of your day.
[47:33] Thank you. Bye. Thank you.