What role do you see St Lawrence County government taking to address some of the challenges or limitations identified earlier? Share ideas on specific actions you feel the county should take.
· Basic computer training
o Broker/Coordinate/provide information for – one stop shop?
o Finding grants to help fund training
o Clearinghouse for knowledge of available
o Computer Literacy volunteers?
· Shared services
o County and IT department loan resources to towns and villages
o Economy of scale
o Clearinghouse of info for local towns to coordinate laws, rules and regulations and information portal for residents
o Loaning of seldom use but needed specialized equipment (plotter, scanner etc.)
· Coordinating grants from multiple sources – coordinate local grant availability with county efforts
· County Technology plan and share with localities (not reinvent the wheel)
· Get into the mindset that we are all in this together *break down barriers
· Open up and facilitate communication better among various organizations
o Look for other working sessions
o Prevent duplication of effort among communities
o Adirondack Association of Towns and Villages
§ #1 issue is Broadband
o County reach beyond borders to facilitate shared services
o Email updates
o County Development newsletter
· Grant writing assistance
· County leveraging or enticing expansion of broadband in underserved areas.
· Supporting education and training programs for technology
o Clearinghouse for IT specific training in county
· County work closely with the Chamber of commerce to make sure they are linked in with technology developments
· KISS
· County to be more aggressive in getting funding for projects
· Ensure the money is properly spent
o Metrics and accountability
· A point person in county government to work with towns and villages to on technology
o County take a leadership role
· IT needs a priority, not an add-on
o Same level as roads and bridges
· Boilerplate concept
o How to handle situations in towns
§ Antennae on water tank example
· Commonality in websites from County, town and village
o Common look, feel, and navigation
· Independent IT resource provided by the county to help the towns, villages, etc.
o Include presence at board meetings
· Shared service
o E-government functions
§ Tax, water, sewer
§ Assist municipalities who can’t do it on their own
· Website – one shared hosted site
· Keeping an eye on new technologies and disseminate information to local governments
o Village of Canton – what’s in it for us?
· Public health database
o Help focus county health providers
· County coordinate and make resources available
· Providing an education function
· Facilitate better use of DANC resources in schools
· Making broadband universally available
o Surcharge based funding (example 911)
· County coordinate buying of technology
o Economy of scale
o Cooperative bidding
· Market research on behalf of ISP to find out what the actual demand is and provide to them to extend service
· All the schools send out census surveys – encourage them to ask about internet access
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