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City reports progress on technology priorities, open-data, smart meters and AI readiness
Summary
Deputy City Manager Lemuel Randolph updated council on technology projects: FOIA/open-records tooling, permit navigation, park Wi‑Fi expansion, smart meters ahead of schedule and a phased Workday implementation with talent management and timekeeping next.
Deputy City Manager Lemuel Randolph briefed council June 10 on the city’s technology-priority projects and recent progress, including deployments and procurements aimed at improving records processing, permitting and core IT functions.
Randolph listed active initiatives: procurement for FOIA and open-records review software, an updated Arlington Permits interface for customers, expansion of park Wi‑Fi to up to 12 recreation facilities, and a special-events permit system to streamline applicant navigation. He said the city reached a mid-year milestone on smart meter installations and had completed roughly 10,000 meters ahead of schedule. Randolph also said the first phase of Workday (HR/finance) is concluding and the city will launch talent-management capabilities followed later by workforce time management and new clocks.
On cybersecurity and AI readiness, Randolph said the city became the first municipal member of a nonprofit initiative to vet cloud vendors and compliance (noting state vendor standards) and reported phishing vulnerability metrics had improved (from 9% to about 4% in the program’s test campaigns). He said the Amanda permitting replacement procurement had returned proposals that did not meet needs; the city reissued the solicitation with a clearer AI and functionality requirement and is evaluating new vendor responses.
Ending: Staff will return with procurement outcomes and timeline updates for Workday timekeeping and the permitting replacement.
