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Denison staff describe large manual migration to SemSites and propose structured cemetery office hours

3783614 · January 14, 2025
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Staff said City of Denison migrated burial records to SemSites but that many legacy entries did not transfer; staff described a manual remediation effort of tens of thousands of data elements and proposed structured office hours, potential part-time help or interns, and safety upgrades for the cemetery office.

Amanda Parsons, director of Parks and Recreation, told the board staff is developing options for structured cemetery office hours to protect administrative staff safety and create blocks of time for data work.

Parsons said options under consideration include set walk-in hours with appointment windows, flipping appointments to mornings and walk-ins to afternoons, or multi-day blocks (for example, Monday–Wednesday/Thursday–Friday splits) that would let the single administrative employee complete back-office work. "We want to be able to provide her some…

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