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City technology teams report $724,598 in upgrades, outline cybersecurity and GIS steps
Summary
The Department of Innovation & Technology told the Imperial City Council it spent $724,598.64 last fiscal year on website, workstation and security upgrades and outlined next-step projects including backup modernization, a data-privacy program and an asset-management go‑live slated for July 2026.
At the July meeting, the Department of Innovation & Technology reported a package of completed technology upgrades and a slate of upcoming cybersecurity and GIS projects intended to strengthen service resiliency across the city.
A department presenter said the city migrated its primary site from imperial.org to imperial.ca.gov, refreshed 39 workstations to Windows 11 and consolidated SCADA, NVR and traffic-camera feeds onto the city broadband network. The presenter reported total spending during the fiscal year of $724,598.64 on those projects and related infrastructure improvements.
"The website migration improves ADA compliance and reduces the risk of domain impersonation," the presenter said. The department also said it implemented an ID card/access‑control system (Verkada) and consolidated physical security systems to simplify administration.
Luis Anguiano, the cybersecurity program manager, told the council the division replaced endpoint agent hardware, launched a phishing-awareness campaign and began a domain migration to imperial.ca.gov. He described upcoming work to modernize backup systems, develop a data-privacy policy and operate a PII monitoring tool in observation mode while staff evaluate effectiveness.
"These initiatives continue to strengthen the city's security posture and improve operational resiliency," Anguiano said.
Ramiro Ramos, the GIS project manager, described the city's asset-management implementation. After extensive job shadowing and integration work, staff developed roughly 675 work-order templates, trained 52 employees in acceptance testing, and migrated nearly 100 asset classes (fire hydrants, valves, roads and others) into the enterprise geodatabase. The city anticipates the AMS will go live in July 2026.
Ramos said the GIS division also completed a federation of Trimble Unity with ArcGIS Enterprise and the city's single‑sign‑on provider, and that the city implemented multifactor authentication for the new system.
Taken together, the presentations positioned the city to reduce reliance on third-party contractors for system maintenance, improve staff workflows and offer residents a more integrated digital service experience. Council members praised staff work and asked that the departments share conference participation opportunities with elected officials who want to observe the systems in operation.
Next steps: staff will carry forward backup modernization and data‑privacy work in the current fiscal year and complete the AMS go‑live and post‑implementation support.
