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Item 8B - One Solution Community UpdateA GENDA ITEM: DATE: SUBMITTED BY: STAFF REPORT City of Atlantic Beach Commission Meeting On e Sol utio n Community U pd a te April. 4, 20 16 K eit h Randi ch, IT Di rector ~ AGI):NDA ITEM # 8R APRIL 11,2016 BACKGROUND: The C ity's Enterp ri se Appli cati o n is a n integrated set of co mpu ter progr am s th at tr ack all as pects of running the City's bus iness. Atl a nti c Beac h has been usin g SunGard 's HTE ap pl ication to ti ll th is ro le sin ce 199 1. We selected Sun Gard 's new pro du ct offerin g, One So luti on, and began co nverti ng to thi s appli ca ti on in 2014 . ln an effort to minimize the staff affec t e d by a change in th eir d a il y wo rk flow , we elec ted to co nve rt to th e new software in wav es : 1. 20 14-One So lut ion Co mmunity (Building Permits, Code Enfo rceme nt, B us in ess Li censes) 2. 2 01 6-One So lution f in a nce (Acco unting, Pay roll , P urc hasing, HR) 3. TB D -O ne So lution U tility Billing Ci ty stafl invo lved w ith the Co mmunity modul es he lpe d to co nfig ur e, were tra1necl, and th en mi gra ted to th e new so ftwa re in the sununer and fa ll of2 01 4. We inunediate ly exp erie11ced issues with the pro du ct , a nd d ocumented th ose items w ith S un G ard . C ity sta ff met with S unOa rd weekly t o r ev iew outsta nding p ro bl ems. Th ey worked wi th us t o fix th e problems with updat ed re leases of th e so ft wa re, as well as add itio nal sta ff trai nio g. Sun Ga rd managem ent traveled to At lantic Beac h to map o ut th eir plan to conect th e problems. A year a fte r th e fi rs t conversion , Sun Gard pur c hased a successful comp etito r 's produ ct (CR W's TRAKiT), and is re pl ac ing all in sta ll at io ns ofthe O ne So luti o n Co n'nnuni ty ap pli cati on at no cost. BUDGET: No additi ona l fund s arc re quire to r e place the origin a l On e Sol uti on Co mmuni ty product with th e TRAKi T software . RECOMMENDATION: Tlli s repo rt is provid ed as a n info rm a ti on upda te. No acti on is requ ired on t be prut of Co mmi ssion. AT TAC HMEN T S : Co mmission Pr esent ation -041 6 -wc ba.ppt REVIEWED BY C JTY MANAGER: ~ ~4.-z ;7~ Ap r i l 4 , 2 0 1 6  Pr o j e c t B a c k g r o u n d  Ti m e l i n e  Cu r r e n t S t a t u s  Co s t s  Pl a n F o r w a r d  An E n t e r p r i s e A p p l i c a t i o n i s a n i n t e g r a t e d s e t of p r o g r a m s t h a t t r a c k a l l a s p e c t s o f r u n n i n g th e C i t y ’ s b u s i n e s s  Su n G a r d ’ s H T E a p p l i c a t i o n h a s b e e n u s e d a t th e C i t y s i n c e 1 9 9 1  Pr o j e c t t o f i n d i t s r e p l a c e m e n t b e g a n i n 2 0 0 7  Se l e c t e d S u n G a r d ’ s O n e S o l u t i o n i n 2 0 1 2  St a r t e d b y m o v i n g t o S u n G a r d ’ s d a t a c e n t e r i n 20 1 3  Pl a n w a s t o m i g r a t e e a c h o f t h e O n e S o l u t i o n mo d u l e s i n s u c c e s s i v e y e a r s : ◦ Co m m u n i t y ( C o d e E n f o r c e m en t , B u i l d i n g P e r m i t s , Bu s i n e s s L i c e n s e s ) ◦ Fi n a n c e ( A c c o u n t i n g , P a y r o l l , P u r c h a s i n g , H R ) ◦ Ut i l i t y B i l l i n g  Be g a n c o n v e r s i o n t o O n e S o l u t i o n C o m m u n i t y in 2 0 1 4  1/ 1 3 / 1 4 C o n t r a c t S i g n e d  3/ 2 5 / 1 4 B u s i n e s s P r o c e s s R e v i e w ** (c l i c k f o r a t t a c h m e n t )  6/ 2 4 / 1 4 T r a i n i n g f o r L a n d a n d C o m m o n C o d e ( 3 2 h r s )  7/ 1 4 / 1 4 T r a i n i n g f o r C o d e E n f o r c e m e n t ( 6 4 h r s )  8/ 1 1 / 1 4 G o - L i v e f o r C o d e E n f o r c e m e n t ** # #  8/ 1 8 / 1 4 T r a i n i n g f o r B u i l d i n g P e r m i t s ( 6 4 h r s )  9/ 1 5 / 1 4 G o - L i v e f o r B u i l d i n g P e r m i t s  10 / 4 / 1 4 U p g r a d e t o V e r s i o n 1 4 . 3  10 / 7 / 1 4 T r a i n i n g f o r B u s i n e s s L i c e n s e ( 6 4 h r s ) **  11 / 3 / 1 4 G o - L i v e f o r B u s i n e s s L i c e n s e / C o d e w o r k i n g  11 / 1 3 / 1 4 F o l l o w - u p t r a i n i n g f o r B u i l d i n g s t a f f ( 4 h r s )  12 / 5 / 1 4 F o l l o w - u p t r a i n i n g f o r L a n d ( 2 h r s )  2/ 2 / 1 5 O n s i t e r e v i e w w i t h S u n G a r d **  2/ 1 9 / 1 5 O n s i t e r e v i e w w i t h S u n G a r d V P **  3/ 3 / 1 5 C O G N O S r e p o r t w r i t e r T r a i n i n g ( 1 6 h r s )  3/ 6 / 1 5 C o d e E n f o r c e m e n t O f f i c e r r e t i r e d  4/ 1 7 / 1 5 S c h e d u l e d u p g r a d e c a n c e l l e d  6/ 1 2 / 1 5 T R A K i T p u r c h a s e a n n o u n c e d **  8/ 1 7 / 1 5 U p g r a d e t o V e r s i o n 1 5 . 2  8/ 2 8 / 1 5 L e a d B u i l d i n g D e p a r t m e n t c o n t a c t r e s i g n e d  9/ 1 / 1 5 B u s i n e s s L i c e n s e R e n e w a l s b e g a n  12 / 3 1 / 1 5 B u s i n e s s L i c e n s e R e n e w a l s c o m p l e t e d  We a r e r u n n i n g O n e S o l u t i o n C o m m u n i t y ◦ It ’ s w o r k i n g ◦ It ’ s a d o g  Sl o w r e s p o n s e t i m e o n s o m e o p e r a t i o n s  Re p o r t i n g i s a b i g i s s u e  La c k o f t r a i n i n g i s a h i n d r a n c e ◦ Su n G a r d c o n t i n u e s t o w o r k w i t h u s o n p r o b l e m s **  Su n G a r d h a s s e n t n o - c o s t c o n t r a c t am e n d m e n t s t o t h e i r c u r r e n t C o m m u n i t y cu s t o m e r s t o c o n v e r t t o T R A K i T ** & &  CR W S y s t e m s  18 0 i n s t a l l e d c u s t o m e r s  Su n G a r d w i l l s w a p o u t t h e O n e S o l u t i o n Co m m u n i t y p r o d u c t f o r c u r r e n t c u s t o m e r s  No l i c e n s e f e e s , c o n v e r s i o n f e e s , t r a i n i n g f e e s  We w i l l i n c u r t r a v e l c o s t s t o A t l a n t i c B e a c h  No l i c e n s e f e e s f o r p r o g r a m m o d u l e s t h a t w e r e al r e a d y i n u s e ( C o d e E n f o r c e m e n t , P e r m i t t i n g , Li c e n s i n g ) **  Up f r o n t c o s t s f o r P r o j e c t M a n a g e m e n t , C o n v e r s i o n , Tr a i n i n g , R e p o r t W r i t i n g - $ 1 4 5 , 0 0 0  In a d d i t i o n , t h e C i t y p a y s a n a n n u a l m a i n t e n a n c e fe e f o r t h e c o m p u t e r h o s t i n g , a n d t h e s u p p o r t o f th e H T E ( G r e e n S c r e e n ) a n d O n e S o l u t i o n ap p l i c a t i o n s **  Mo v e t o T R A K i T b y 1 Q t r 2 0 1 7  Sp r e a d T r a i n i n g o u t d u r i n g 2 0 1 6 t o e n s u r e th a t a l l m e m b e r s o f t h e B u i l d i n g a n d C l e r k de p a r t m e n t s a r e f a m i l i a r w i t h t h e C o d e En f o r c e m e n t a n d B u i l d i n g m o d u l e s  Tr a i n m u l t i p l e m e m b e r s o f F i n a n c e i n Bu s i n e s s L i c e n s e s ◦ Av o i d o n e p e r s o n w a l k i n g o u t w i t h a l l t h e kn o w l e d g e  En s u r e t h a t s t a f f h a s t h e t i m e t o t e s t a n d g e t co m f o r t a b l e w i t h t h e n e w p r o d u c t b e f o r e go i n g l i v e