Sacramento, Calif., March 9, 2001 — Hansen Information Technologies announced that Polk County, Florida has selected Hansen's Permit and Land Management Solution to manage the land development, permitting, inspection, and contractor licensing activities within the County.
The new modules will be integrated with the County's Infrastructure and Work Management system that is currently in place to manage the daily work activities within the County. The Hansen solution was selected based on system functionality and the ability to easily integrate the new system with existing data that is shared among numerous County departments.
While a number of competing products were evaluated, "Hansen had the system that best fit our needs," said Bob Matsell, Director of Building Inspections. The enterprise solution will provide a central database for addresses, citizen information, and county maintained assets that can now be shared between the Building, Planning, Development, Parks & Recreation, Utilities, and Transportation departments.
Having the shared data in a single location will improve the operating efficiency of the County and eliminate the need to develop costly interfaces between different systems. The County is currently responsible for maintaining 2,500 miles of roads, 480 miles of water main, 246 miles of sewer main, and will be processing 34,000 annual building permits, and the licensing of over 4,000 contractors within the County.
Being able to share data between departments is especially important in Florida where State law requires counties to ensure the infrastructure is in place to support a development project before approval is granted.
This "concurrency management" requirement means the Planning Department must obtain data on water supply, wastewater and stormwater capacity, and street and traffic information, and make sure all requirements are met before development can begin. Hansen's Land Management solution will be replacing a system that was developed specifically for Florida counties and the stringent requirements within the State.
The implementation of the new system will include project management, data conversion, training, and system installation on the existing Oracle database running on a Windows NT server. The project will also include the installation of an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system that will be used as an additional tool to increase the level of citizen services in the County.
The entire project is expected to take less than nine months. Future projects will include interfacing the system to the County's GIS system from ESRI, and an interface to the County's Web site using Hansen's DynamicPORTAL product for online permits, license applications and renewals.
About Polk County
Polk County is strategically located in the center of the Florida peninsula, about equidistant from the east and west coast and half way between the Georgia-Florida border and the Southern tip of the peninsula. Polk lies on the Interstate-4 corridor, 25 miles east of Tampa and 35 miles southwest of Orlando. As the geographic center of Florida, it is estimated that approximately 7,461,000 people reside within a 100 mile radius of Polk County, one of the largest concentrations of population in the southeast. Polk County's total population is estimated at 484,912, which ranks as the ninth most populous county in Florida. Additional information can be found by visiting their Web site at www.polk-county.net.
About Hansen Information Technologies
Hansen Information Technologies is a leading software development company focused exclusively on Citizen-to-Government (C2G) and Business-to-Government (B2G) transactions.
With over 180 employees in offices throughout the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Hansen's broad range of enterprise eCitizen Relationship Management (eCRM) solutions include Call Center, Building Permit, Business Licensing, Code Enforcement, Public Works, Work Management, Tax Administration, Transportation and Utility Billing applications.
Resulting from its Microsoft Windows DNA development design, state and local government clients can implement one or more object sets utilizing a single integrated data model. The combination of Hansen's public sector business process models, implementation methodologies and technical expertise enables Hansen to deliver tangible economic benefits to state and local governments.
For more information, please go to the company's web site at www.hansen.com or call 800-821-9316.
