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Saratoga County approves three-year aerial imagery contract, upgrades to higher resolution
Summary
Supervisors approved a three-year oblique aerial imagery contract at $84,474 per year to move the county to 1-inch resolution imagery; the data is used by assessors and multiple departments and vendor offers free disaster flights for significant natural disasters.
Saratoga County supervisors authorized a three-year contract for oblique aerial imagery at a cost of $84,474 per year, with county staff saying the contract will upgrade the entire county to 1-inch resolution imagery.
Planning staff explained the imagery service—formerly known as Pictometry—is used widely by assessors, building inspectors and several county departments; staff said the county logs show thousands of image views and searches this year alone. Moving to 1-inch resolution countywide will narrow the image-quality gap for assessors and other users; staff said the increased resolution added less than $10,000 per year to the cost compared with a mixed-resolution approach.
Staff described the flight and QA/QC schedule: try to fly in the fall before snow, perform QA/QC over fall and winter, and re-fly any missed areas in spring before leaf-out. Staff also said the vendor will perform re-flights for significant natural disasters at no additional cost. Committee members asked about login limits and public access; staff said the web viewer provides some free access and that enhanced login features are administered by planning and that the exact number of logins will be confirmed.
A motion to approve the three-year imagery contract was moved, seconded and the chair called for the vote; 'ayes' and one opposed voice were recorded in the transcript but a full roll-call tally is not provided in the meeting text. (Vote tally not specified in the transcript.)
If implemented, staff said the first new flight would be attempted in fall 2026 and the first contract payment would occur in spring 2027 after imagery delivery.
