Ryan Pelletier

County Administrator

Aroostook County, Maine

ryan@aroostook.me.us

On the Aroostook County telecommunication horizon, we are looking at replacing our 15-year-old phone system with a hosted PBX phone system to improve internal and external functionality. Hosted PBX phone systems fall under operational expenditure rather than capital expenditure, which also makes hosted PBX service attractive.

We are also looking at updating existing bonded copper at remote locations to fiber optics in order to meet the growing demands of our network.

And with these planned upgrades to our network, there will be less of a need for ELAN connectivity; therefore, we plan on acquiring a lower level of ELAN connectivity for use in managing our remote locations only, rather than using it as part of our overall network backbone.

Cara Pavlicek

Village Manager

Oak Park, Illinois

cpavlicek@oak-park.us

Oak Park is in the process of selecting a uniform parking technology system to include hourly parking, parking permits, vehicle registrations, and parking citations linked to a license plate recognition system.

New technology will allow the operating departments to be more efficient, as current systems were developed in-house as far back as 2005 and are costly to maintain.

The village is also in the process of introducing mobile surveillance cameras as a crime apprehension tool for use by the police department.

We are in the planning phase of upgrading fiber infrastructure to replace outdated equipment. The goal is to increase transmission speeds, build data infrastructure resiliency, and allow for anticipated future capacity of services for at least 10 years.

Seth Hoffman

City Manager

Lone Tree, Colorado

seth.hoffman@cityoflonetree.com

Lone Tree continues to invest heavily in technology that helps the staff deliver better service to the community.

First, we are investing in adaptive traffic signal technology to improve safety and traffic throughout arterial roadways. Second, we are in the process of implementing a new cloud-based project management and collaboration platform that allows us to work cross-functionally with internal teams and external partners.

Third, the police department has deployed body-worn cameras for several years, and we are extremely happy with the safety benefits they provide for the public and for our officers. This year, we will be looking at ways to maintain all of the qualities of the current system and making data storage more manageable.