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Placer County approves contract to create countywide data and analytics strategy
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved a four‑month contract with Invotech Research Group to develop a county data strategy, following public questions about which datasets will be included, public access, and infrastructure mapping. Staff said the engagement is the first step and that the strategy will be brought back for public review.
Placer County supervisors on July 22 approved a contract with Invotech Research Group to develop a countywide data and analytics strategy, a four‑month engagement intended to define use cases, business requirements and a data governance framework.
The vote followed public comment raising questions about which county datasets would be included, whether mapped infrastructure would be exposed, and whether results would be publicly accessible. Gary Mapa, a longtime county resident, urged the board to clarify whether the work would cover building permits, septic and well activity, code enforcement and other public‑safety datasets and whether the resulting tools and data would be available to the public.
The county’s chief information officer said the contract is the first step in a multi‑step process: Invotech will develop requirements and use cases, then the county will assess whether to proceed to a development phase that would create data governance processes and choose tools. The CIO said the engagement is expected to last about four months, with a target start in January or February, and that the strategy would be shared with county department heads and the board and brought forward for public feedback before further work.
Supervisors asked whether outputs would be publicly viewable. The CIO said that public access will depend on the requirements and on determining what is confidential; determining confidentiality and what can be shared would be part of the data governance work. The CIO also said the planned work would focus on aggregated reporting (data warehouse, dashboards, charts) rather than extracting specific, individual data elements from systems of record.
After the presentation and public comment, Supervisor Jones moved approval of the contract; Supervisor Gore seconded. The motion passed with board members voting in favor.
The county posted the consultant agreement and supporting outreach/process documents online, the CIO said; the board did not set final policies about public access or specific datasets at the meeting. The contract funds the consultant engagement to define the strategy; subsequent development and any procurement of tools or services would require further approvals and could include additional public review.
