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FY 2024-25 APPROVED OPERATING BUDGET
General Fund
City Manager – Information Technology
100-101-002

Division Description
The Information Technology Administration is responsible for providing technically competent project assistance to
the City Departments to ensure successful delivery of their projects, providing a secure voice and data network with
minimal downtime and quick response times while providing excellent customer service and communication to the
City Departments. Other responsibilities include keeping network equipment replaced on a consistent schedule and
keeping infrastructure capacity ahead of increasing demands.

FY24 Division Accomplishments
 Created new customer kiosk environment in the library for the catalog machines and replaced all endpoints.
 Created a solution in the council chambers AV setup to accommodate remote participation for the Budget
Workshop meeting for live streaming and recording.
 Upgraded all AV equipment in the City Hall including the CMO Conference room, the planning services
offices, finance conference rooms and public works offices.
 Completed the datacenter migration of the virtual environment from VMware to Nutanix.
 Upgraded the internet to a 5-gigabit internet circuit from a 2-gigabit circuit.
 Improved to our Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) with implementing deduplication at our Disaster
Recovery location.
 Updated the Planning & Zoning Commission Comprehensive Master Plan Update Project.
 GIS completed support for the planning of the expansion of Carol of Lights, Merry and Bright Drone
shows, Parade of Lights, and other Christmas Capital of Texas events.
 GIS completed park and boat ramp closure project as well as modeling visibility and identifying viewing
areas for the July 4th Fireworks Show.
 Completed the ControlPoint to VideoXpert Upgrade for facilities management.
 Upgraded the WTP and WWTP Cameras and Access Control.
 Completed the legacy file share migration to the cloud via OneDrive.
 Completed the GIS and Laserfiche integration.
 Deployed and implemented Bluebeam electronic plan reading software for the Planning department.

FY25 Division Goals and Objectives
 Enhance and Improve Services to offer more advanced and timely technology implementations and
streamline processes.
 Work to Expand Our Strategic Role with other Federal, State, and Local agencies to be more aligned with
their needs.
 Invest in Human Capital to cultivate and diversify the City of Grapevine’s talent resources to best deliver
IT services.
 Provide Robust Infrastructure to protect the City’s technology, telecommunications, and information assets
and maintain service operations.
 Optimize Citywide Technology Administration to improve IT procurement options and vendor
accountability and save the City cost and time.
 Facilitate Greater Access to Technology to engage all Citizens and expand technology to underserved
communities.

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