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Minot council fast-tracks GIS and asset-management upgrade after vendor sunset notice
Summary
Council approved an accelerated budget amendment to upgrade the city's GIS and CityWorks (now Trimble Unity) integration, citing security risks from outdated software and the need for SaaS hosting and staff training.
City engineer Lance briefed the council on a required, accelerated upgrade to the city's GIS and asset-management systems after Trimble (CityWorks) moved up its sunsetting schedule. Lance said the work is a multi-step migration: upgrade ArcGIS, port parcel fabric, build a future-state GIS, then implement Trimble Unity as a software-as-a-service offering.
Lance described operational risks if the city remained on legacy servers: “when they sunset the software ... there's no security updates. The bug fixes stop,” he said, and stressed that the accelerated schedule requires a budget amendment so staff can complete the migration with necessary training.
Council discussed shifting implementation costs toward utility budgets that rely most heavily on asset management and approved the amendment unanimously. Staff said the migration will take roughly a year and includes an increased training commitment because the new interface differs from the city's current workflow.
What's next: staff will begin the five-step migration, prioritize integrations with utility billing and Tyler Munis, and return with implementation milestones and cost allocations.
