Department Leadership Meeting
June 28, 2017
Dave’s Opening Remarks
- City Hall will remain at its current campus location. Dave was pleased that definitive direction had been provided by City Council. City Hall will not move to Town Center.
- Dave discussed a number of aspects of our growing City of Virginia Beach
- Aging population and infrastructure
- Balance of funding safety, education and recreation
- Tourism
- Place to live
- Importance of City staff leaders being good cheerleaders for the City of Virginia Beach
- Everyone is encouraged to look at the glass as half full
- Kempsville Recreation Center reopens this week
- July 4th – be prepared for traffic and the closure of the Interstate leading into the resort
- Lesner Bridge gantry was successfully moved across the new structure and aligned for placement over the second set of lanes. Construction Camera shows the new placement of the gantry on the south side of the bridge
- 19th Street Entertainment District – Financial plans are in place to develop the Dome site and other projects. Recalling days of famous entertainers at the Dome, who will be the next Rolling Stones or Jimi Hendrix to play Virginia Beach? Political will is now needed to make the projects happen.
- Enterprise Resource Planning – a phrase that describes replacing several citywide computer applications that manage our financial and human resource programs.
- The same data would be used for Finance, Management Services and Human Resources
- Comprehensive application that would be used for budget, payroll, procurement, accounts payable, accounts receivable, human resources and more.
- Phased project starting in Fall 2017 with completion anticipated over five years
- Benefits: better controls, streamline processes, real time information.
- Government Finance Officers Association has been hired to consult with improving our processes
- Business mapping is currently underway to document our processes
- Project managers are looking for PIT Crew, or team members to assist with implementation
- To minimize delays, departments will be expected to change their processes rather than customizing the application
- Dave has committed considerable resources to implement new technologies
- Follow this Beachnet link for presentation
- Library Presentation – Dave’s initiative to share what departments do with DLM – Eva Poole, Director
- Friday night teen events at Central Library
- Free publications and periodicals are available including TV shows, movies, audio books, even Roku sticks
- com – Learning portal for technology
- Online genealogy and local history
- 3D printing
- 10 locations – City employees who are not residents are eligible for free Library Card
- 19th Street Public Meeting scheduled for June 28 at VBCC – Staff is encouraged to attend these public meetings and have a voice.
- Monthly Combined Utility Bill will start in July