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Committee presses GIO on funding, staffing and timelines for statewide GIS program
Summary
Committee members asked Susan about staffing needs, sustainability and timelines. She recommended starting with two staff, said other states range 10'25 staff, and estimated 3— years to lead in some areas; she noted existing short-term grants and that long-term funding remains unresolved.
Committee members pressed the GIO about costs, staff size and how long it would take to produce statewide datasets such as addresses and building footprints. Susan said she would like to begin with two staff and scale as needed, noting peer states employ anywhere from 10 to 25 people for similar programs. "I would like to start with 2, and then figure out what's appropriate for implementation in Georgia," she said.
Susan said the work will not be instantaneous and pointed to the upcoming census as a driver for building addresses and building footprint datasets, which she said will take several years to create. She also described creative funding approaches used in other states, including a combination of 9-1-1 taxes and land-transaction fees used to sustain program budgets, and repeated that the bill before the committee did not include state funding for the advisory council itself.
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