Information Technology Sub-Committee


Minutes 16

Monday, 18 June 2012
9:30 am

Champlain Room, 110 Laurier Avenue West

Present:

Councillors T. Tierney (Chair), S. Blais (Vice-Chair), S. Moffatt, M. Taylor, M. Wilkinson

DECLARATION OF INTEREST

No declarations were received.

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

Minutes 15 – Monday, 28 May 2012

CONFIRMED

COMMUNICATIONS

Response to inquiries

ITSC 02-11 - Availability of City Merchandise on O-Zone (Tierney)

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ITSC 02-12 - Temporary Parking Permits through ServiceOttawa (Tierney)

RECEIVED

PRESENTATIONS

1.

CHAIR'S VERBAL UPDATE

Chair Tierney remarked on the pending retirement of Guy Michaud, Director, IT Services and Chief Information Officer and expressed appreciation, on behalf of the Sub-committee for his work.

CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE

CITY CLERK AND SOLICITOR DEPARTMENT

2.

STATUS UPDATE – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUB-COMMITTEE INQUIRIES AND MOTIONS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 6 JUNE 2012

ACS2012-CMR-CCB-0051

CITY WIDE

REPORT RECOMMENDATION:
That the Information Technology Sub-committee receive this report for information.

RECEIVED

CITY OPERATIONS

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DEPARTMENT

3.

CITY OF OTTAWA – TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP 2012 – 2015 – STATUS UPDATE

ACS2012-COS-ITS-0002

CITY WIDE

REPORT RECOMMENDATION:
That the Information Technology Sub-Committee receive this report for information.

Guy Michaud, Director, IT Services and Chief Information Officer provided a PowerPoint presentation, a copy of which is incorporated into the staff report (ACS2012-COS-ITS-0002) as Document 2.

The report was put to the Sub-committee and RECEIVED.

INQUIRIES

Chair T. Tierney submitted the following Inquiry:

“Please define what is involved in the creation of an Open data dataset to display within it the number of City employees by department/division.  How soon could this be implemented?”

Councillor M. Wilkinson submitted the following Inquiry:

“How will the City present the apps being prepared by both the Transit Commission and individuals using the City’s Open Data on the OC Transpo website? I have seen on other transit system websites links to other apps (including the cost if applicable) on a page that also has a disclaimer indicating that those apps are privately produced.  Some also have a page with instructions on how to prepare apps that are listed there.”

ADJOURNMENT

The Committee adjourned the meeting at 10:10 a.m.