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Newton County, Covington agree to split regional GIS costs under MOU
Summary
The board approved an intergovernmental memorandum of understanding with the City of Covington to form a regional GIS enterprise and split software-provider costs equally (33.33% per entity), enabling shared mapping and data services.
Newton County and the City of Covington will enter a regional GIS enterprise under a memorandum of understanding approved by the board. County staff explained the MOU provides for joint participation by three entities and an equal split of software-provider compensation (33.33% each). The board approved the MOU unanimously.
The agreement is intended to share costs of GIS software and provide coordinated mapping services across participating jurisdictions. Staff said the MOU will proceed through standard intergovernmental and procurement steps and that departments such as development services, public works and water authority may be engaged depending on implementation needs.
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