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General Fund

Due to the transition of ITS to the General Fund, the FY2019 Adopted Budget includes contra accounts to allow
expense accounts to remain as previously budgeted. These contra accounts recognize the amount of expense
related to services provided to General Fund departments that was recognized as revenue in prior years. As part
of the General Fund, ITS no longer recognizes revenue from other General Fund departments in the form of
allocation revenue, but as a contra to expense.

The FY2019 Adopted Budget includes an adjustment to the FY2018 AP and FTE counts. The counts increase by a
net of 5 APs and 1.85 FTEs due to the reversal of a transfer from Code and the addition of six interns. The Code IT
position decreases by 1 AP and 1.00 FTE. The six interns increase by 6 APs and 2.85 FTEs. There is no financial
impact to the General Fund.

Staff consolidation efforts in FY2019 result in a transfer of 2 APs and 2.00 FTEs from Fire and 2 APs and 2 FTEs
from Police to IT Solutions. Furthermore, 2 APs and 2 FTEs that were transitioned to ITS as part of the
consolidation effort in FY2018 from TPW will be returned as of FY2019. This produces a net increase of 2 APs and
2 FTEs in ITS in FY2019.

There are no significant changes in service level represented in the FY2019 Adopted Budget.

HORIZON ISSUES

The labor market in North Texas continues to be highly competitive and IT positions compete directly with the
private sector to attract qualified candidates. IT Solutions continues to work with Human Resources to offer
competitive compensation and achieve the broadest audition for recruitment.

Many strategic programs are on the horizon for ITS in FY2019. This year will produce the kickoff of new programs
and the culmination of others.

IT Solutions is working with the Purchasing Department to implement a new procurement system integrated with
the Enterprise Resource Planning system.

Infrastructure projects require extensive data collection, detailed mapping, and regular monitoring in remote,
hard-to-reach areas or during risky operations. In response, IT Solutions is developing a drone management
program. The drones will be particularly useful for disaster risk management initiatives.

An Electronic Agenda Management system will be implemented that will allow Mayor and Council staff to easily
manage Mayor and Council Agenda. The system will envelope the creation process from start to finish with an
automated system through customizable workflows to appropriate personnel.

The early months of the fiscal year will bring completion to the multi-year Network infrastructure and Telephone
system replacement project. All components (services and equipment) of the existing systems have reached end-
of-life and are no longer supported by the manufacturer.

The City of Fort Worth will continue to build on the newly improved digital infrastructure to achieve the city’s
strategic goals. Building on the successes of enterprise systems, the city will continue pushing automation of
transactions and paper based business processes.

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