Projects
Petaluma scenic photos courtesy
of Scott Hess
February, 2010 - Google announces "Google Fiber for Communities," a project that considers delivery of high speed internet to communities. Read about the City of Petaluma's IT involvement.
Starting November, 2008, we are sponsoring City-wide e-Waste recycling events. Get rid of your old electronics and be kind ot the environment, all at once!
Read our success story, how we implemented our tremendously successful Voice over IP phone system.
For the fiscal year July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, Information Technology will be highly sensitive to the budget difficulties we all face and working on:
- Continue to work with California-franchisees to have internet- and televisions- options for the residents of Petaluma. One such effort includes deployment of ATT's U-Verse, where we worked with the City Engineer and Public Works Department.
- Serve on the Board of Directors for Petaluma Community Access as the City's representative.
- Continuing to upgrade our server technology using virtual servers and shared storage, to save in replacement, utility and maintenance costs.
- Continue working with the Technology and Telecommunications Committee, developing programs for better public service through technological means.
- Continue to develop wireless capability. We launched a prototype at the Petaluma Community Center late Summer, 2006. As of April, 2007, There is also a pilot community wifi in the downtown, in conjunction with Sonic.Net. That pilot was expanded by Council approval in November, 2007.
- Leveraging of the the City's financial systems, including expansion of workorders and online payments systems.
- Continued expansion of the City's Granicus web-streaming system for providing access to City meetings.
- Better integration with Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
- Develop and deploy solutions for better worker mobility, utilizing wireless technologies. We are deploying mobile technology and a workorder system for street-workers in this fiscal year.
- We participate in the Municipal IS Association of California (MISAC). We have on our staff the President for the Northern Chapter. MISAC represents city-IT operations all over California and works with the League of California Cities and other organizations to coordinate and further technology interest.
- We are members of the Petaluma "Green Team" and work in support of environmental responsibility.
- Being constantly on the alert for opportunities to leverage advances in technology for the benefit of staff, allowing improvements in services to the community, or reductions in operating costs. Constant vigil for changes in technology that affect the security of our users' data and applications.
- Continually updating this web site; looking for opportunities provide better, more timely information and to save staff time; maintaining up-to-date content, accuracy, thoroughness, consistency and uniformity.
If you need more information on any of the above, please contact us via our Email form.
Information Technology Manager,
Tim Williamsen
fax: 707.776.3623
Email form
11 English St.
Petaluma, CA 94952
Hours 8 am to 5 pm
Monday through Thursday. Closed Fridays.