• Cloud based (no local installs needed)
  • Everything is managed for you.
• Seamless GIS integration
  • Centricity Locates creates the marking area for you and adds it to your GIS
  • Attributes for the locate area is pushed from your One Call system into the GIS and Cityworks.
• Seamless Cityworks Integration
  • Centricity Locates manages the GIS and Cityworks push from One Call, eliminating copy and paste ime and effort.
  • Eliminates manual interaction between your One Call system and Cityworks.
• Positive Response available for Centricity Locates to notify One Call Ticket owners when the One Call ticket has been closed/completed in Cityworks.

Utilizing Centricity Locates to manage your 811 National One Call tickets is simple and cost effective by eliminating human interaction, and letting Cityworks do the heavy lifting for you. Your users can focus on doing the locating/marking and utilize Cityworks as your system of record for One Call locate requests.

 For more information about Centricity Locates Cityworks/One Call integration contact us today at info@centricitygis.com 

Centricity has launched Centricity Locates.

Centricity Locates is a cloud based integration that seamlessly connects 811 One Call systems to Cityworks Asset Management Systems.

Key Features:

• Cloud based (no local installs needed)
  • Everything is managed for you.
• Seamless GIS integration
  • Centricity Locates creates the marking area for you and adds it to your GIS
  • Attributes for the locate area is pushed from your One Call system into the GIS and Cityworks.
• Seamless Cityworks Integration
  • Centricity Locates manages the GIS and Cityworks push from One Call, eliminating copy and paste time and effort.
  • Eliminates manual interaction between your One Call system and Cityworks.
• Positive Response available for Centricity Locates to notify One Call Ticket owners when the One Call ticket has been closed/completed in Cityworks.

Centricity Locates is a cloud based integration that seamlessly connects 811 One Call systems to Cityworks Asset Management Systems.

Utilizing Centricity Locates to manage your 811 National One Call tickets is simple and cost effective by eliminating human interaction, and letting Cityworks do the heavily lifting for you. Your users can focus on doing the locating/marking and utilize Cityworks as your system of record for One Call locate requests.

For more information about Centricity Locates Cityworks/One Call integration contact us today at info@centricitygis.com

Key points when looking for a Municipal Permitting & Community Development Application

• Standardize! – The ability to standardize the cities/entities processes is one of the main key points you want to consider when selecting a solution.
  • Building Codes – Ability to standardize City Building or Municipal Codes within the system.
  • Workflows/Business Processes – Must have the ability to build your work-flows and/or business processes within the system.
  • Customizable – Ability to adjust the application and configure the system to your business.
  • Cashiering – Allows your entity to auto-calcluate your fees.
• GIS-Centric – Fully integrate-able with your existing GIS solution will help you maximize your ROI with the solution you choose.
• Process Automation – System that will allow fees, workflows and cashiering to flow freely and with ease.

Standardize! – The ability to standardize the cities/entities processes is one of the main key points you want to consider when selecting a solution.

Finding a system that meets the goals above will allow your entity to:

• Maximize Resources
• Speed up occupation time
• Maximize ROI
• Allow for Multi-Departmental Usage (Planning, Code Enforcement, Licensing, Etc)
• Track Permits and Cases from Start to Finish with minimal user input to make calculations.

To find out more about a solution that meets your needs feel free to contact us today at info@centricitygis.com

Improving your bottom line…That is one key aspect that citizens are looking for when they look at their local City, Utility or whatever organization they are looking at when they write the monthly check, or pay the taxes on their homes or goods.  They want to see that the organization that they are giving their hard earned money to is being fiscally responsible with the citizens or customers money.

Asset Management software can help with the “Bottom Line” to show and prove to their citizens that they are doing just that.  Here are 6 ways that every City or Organization can do that, and still maintain a high quality asset infrastructure while doing it.  Using Cityworks AMS (Asset Management) here is how cities are improving their bottom lines:

1. Managing Work – Using CItyworks AMS organizations manage their work loads using Service Request and Work Orders.  This allows them to effectively manage their most valuable resource, their employees.
2. Risk Management – Using Cityworks Work Orders, a chain of decision making power is carried out and creates a level of approvals that eliminate risk out of process.  It takes decision making power out of the hands of one person and allows for the decision to happen through the chain of command within an organization to help avoid improper decisions by individuals who should not or are not capable of making such decisions.

They want to see that the organization that they are giving their hard earned money to is being fiscally responsible with the citizens or customers money.

3. Preventative Maintenance – Using Cityworks AMS organizations can Implement, Track and Plan Preventative Maintenance plans in order to avoid and curb problems before they occur.  Using the AMS system, this can easily and effectively be done at any level, on any asset within the organizations control.

4. Quality Control – Quality control levels can be taken to another level with Cityworks AMS using a set of Tasks to ensure that every level of quality is understood and adhered to within the system.  These tasks are utilized in order to ensure proper policies and procedures are taken into account and completed, thus raising the organizations Quality Control measures.

5. Inventory Tracking – Cityworks offers inventory management as well.  Tracking the inventory within an organization is key to reducing costs and ensuring your bottom line stays where the organization wants and needs it to be.

6. Data & Reporting – Reducing costs by utilizing data and reporting to maximize efficiency and costs control.  The data is yours, you own it, you should be using it.  Cityworks makes it so easy to pull your data back out and report on it.  Either using Ad Hoc reporting built within the system, or using Crystal Reports and embedding those reports into the the system makes it possible for your organization to see what is happening and where the dollars are going.

For more information on how you can take advantage of these 6 cost improving tips contact Centricity at  Info@CentricityGIS.com

For more about Cityworks please visit www.Cityworks.com

The importance of a Permitting and Licensing system has never been greater.

With the ever changing global online environment, we as a society are being held to a much higher standard of accountability. This doesn’t stop at the doors of City Hall. As a matter of fact, cities are seeing an increase in the need to account for changes, requests and other hot topic items, that are typically addressed monthly in city council meetings. Some of these items are often Permitting and Licensing issues. Along with these hot topic items come price tags associated with them. For instance, when John Doe applies for a permit to build his home he must step through the hoops for which ever city he lives in. Permits are required, licenses need to be gather…and FEES…oh yeah, lots of fees. The whole system becomes very confusing to John Doe.  He is not sure if the fees are correct, sometimes, the person at the city is not sure of the fees are correct also. Here is where a Permitting and Licensing System comes into play. Here are the Top 5 reasons any city, both large and small, need a system in place to manage and track Permits and Licenses (and Land use):

…cities are seeing an increase in the need to account for changes, requests and other hot topic items… Here is where a Permitting and Licensing System comes into play.

1- Automation – This is a key factor in making sure nothing gets left out.  When automation is involved, systems and process are clearly defined so that all the scenarios involved in the cities work flows get attention.  If automation is not involved, human error happens.

2- Transparency – When John Doe applies for a permit, he wants to know exactly what is going to be required, and he wants to make sure he knows the current status of his process.  When he goes to the city to find out, he wants quick, reliable answers so he can proceed with his project.

3- Accuracy – When a permit is taken into the city, there are two key factors of accuracy that need to be ensured have taken place.  One, the citizen shouldn’t over pay or under pay.  If the permit requires certain fees, those fees should be accessed, and he should not be over charged or under charged.  There are reason s for those fees and sound understanding of why each of those ticket items are associated with the permit. And two, the city should not be under paid (or over paid) for auditing reason we need to ensure that the city is paid appropriately and the correct procedures and policies are being adhered to.  The city requires fees to cover costs associated with the permits and laws and ordinances are in place to protect the citizens and visitors to the city to ensure that they are safe. 

Using a web based, Permitting and Licensing system will help you (cities) to have happy citizens and make sure everyone is safe and sound.

If you have questions or would like more information on Permitting and Licensing systems, please contact us today at info@centricitygis.com