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Pocket P-City ICMA, ESRI and HP Pilot Project for Mobile Government Application Part One: Contact Information Prim~ary Contact Name I K__ay Powell 'rimary Contact Title Secondary Contact Name Secondary Contact Title I GIS Coordinator Mike Mon~laisir I County?uditor Jur sd ct on I Cass County, NoKgh Dakota Address I 211 Ninth Street S ] P.O.Box 2806 City I Fargo =rtmary contact Phone I (701) I State** ~-~D I zip 158108 241-5762 I Secondary Contact Phone I (701) I 24%5627 P~ry contact FAX 1(701) I~;~ I S.condaryContactfiAX /(701,1=~1_87~5 What is the population of y_o~ur jurisdiction? I 123,000 _How many employees are there in your jurisdiction? ~ Please briefly describe the responsibilities of the department / agency that will be implementing the project In 1981 the Cass County Weed Controt District was established to control the spread of noxious weed infestations in Cass County. The District operates under a five member County Weed Board appointed by the County Commission. The Weed Control Officer is responsible for the daily activities of the District. The District uses an integrated approach to weed control. This approach uses chemicals, mechanical methods of control and biological agents in an effort to control noxious weeds. The purpose of the department is to provide for an effective and efficient program that will accomplish weed control I with a minimum of environmental consideration. ICMA is seeking to include communities from the with a range of GIS expertise on their staff. That s we want to include communities with relatively little GIS experience as well as those that are well advanced, as well as those that re somewhere in the middle. In this light, please descr be the GIS capacibJ in your local government. How is GIS used? Who uses it? Is it shared across departments? The GIS experience within Cass County is best described as "somewhere in the middle." The GIS coordinator was hired In January 2002 to coordinate and manage an increasing array of data and liaise with a consultant who is building a customized desktop application. The customized application, based on Map Objects is used primarily by the Auditor's Office, where parcel searches are performed and reports and maps are generated for selected properties. The application is used to answer inquiries from the general public and to help resolve internal issues. The other primary user of the application is the Road Department; they use the application to locate bridges, signs and county roads. The planning department uses the application for a number of tasks such as plat verification, identification of properties within flood zones and address assignment. The GIS coordinator uses Arc GIS v8.2 to manage county datasets and meet some of the specialized department needs. The County Planner also utilizes ArcGIS to complete specialized projects. The Sheriff's Department has access to the Map Objects and are in the process of utilizing GIS data to assist with Joint Dispatch and 911 planning. There are approximately 14 users of the desktop application, who have been trained in its use, but have no other GIS experience.