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Trumbull County auditors propose GIS Enterprise Fund to centralize mapping and recover software costs
Summary
County auditor proposed creating a GIS Enterprise Fund (fund 0.081) to centralize GIS/Esri licensing, share costs among departments and eventually generate revenue through an advisory board; commissioners asked for more details before authorizing the new fund.
Trumbull County officials discussed creating a dedicated GIS Enterprise Fund (fund 0.081) during the March 25 workshop to centralize geographic information system (GIS) software costs and allow the county to bill outside entities for services.
The proposal, explained by county staff and the auditor's office, would place GIS licensing and related revenue in a single account administered by the Trumbull County Auditor. The auditor said the county currently runs GIS work inside the auditor’s real estate/tax office and that planning, sanitary and other departments also use similar Esri…
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