Business Administrator Camille Tooker
SOUTH AMBOY – Reference the 11/18/15 Issue of the Amboy Guardian: “GovPilot is a program that unifies and automates all departments. A City can sign up and the program will be up and running the next day. Information can be cross-referenced with all departments. It is Cloud Based on two servers, all live and real time information. Foreclosure information is linked to the State as well. There can be unlimited users. Each user will only have access to certain levels of information as deemed by the Department Heads. Each Person has a User ID and Login. State Forms can overlay with City Forms. Enhancements are constantly being made by the government pilot. The program is about 3 years old. There is an annual flat fee per year which includes IT support during their normal business hours. There are 75 search fields on all forms where a user can pinpoint information to shortcut a search. This is useful for City Employees and also Residents.”
Business Meeting 12/2/15 – City Council Members and Mayor Fred Henry were enthusiastic about getting this program in place. Business Administrator Camille Tooker and City Clerk Laura Kemble-Kalantsis gave a brief overview of the program to remind everyone about the benefits of GovPilot. Tooker stated, “It will not only benefit the City, but the public as well.”
City Clerk
Laura Kemble-Kalantsis
Councilman Tom Reilly said, “The GovPilot Program is the way to go. It encompasses everything into one and the City would not be locked into any contracts with them.”
B.A. Camille Tooker stated, “The system is only as good as the data that we input into it.”
City Clerk Kalantsis said, “The GovPilot Program will be a link on our existing City Website. People can make a complaint about a piece of property on the website instead of coming in or calling the problem in. If someone does call in a complaint about a piece of property to make a complaint, we can research the history of the property while we’re on the phone with them. Data will be efficient and streamlined.”
B.A. Tooker also told those at the Meeting, “We’ll make sure the four integral departments will be connected to the system.”
Kalantsis said, “The annual cost for the first year will be $15,000, then $20,000 for continuous years.”
Tooker came back and stated, “We will input data and the GovPilot Administrators will maintain the data.”
After Tooker and Kalantsis finished explaining the benefits of the program, Councilman Reilly suggested that the GovPilot Representatives should present a longer demo and the public should be invited.
City Clerk Kalantsis stated, “I will call the GovPilot people to come back for a longer presentation to the public.”
At this point Council Vice President Christine Noble said, “We need to start moving on this.”
Council President Mickey Gross commented, “Not many people come to the Council Meetings and I’m not sure if it will be necessary to have a presentation for the public.”
Councilman Reilly disagreed, “We need to share this with the public.”
