Government Technology

Milwaukee County Begins IT Overhaul with Online Legislative Access Program


August 12, 2010 By

Photo: Milwaukee County 4th District Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic/Photo courtesy of Milwaukee County

Milwaukee County has a lot of catching up to do in terms of technology upgrades -- which means Marina Dimitrijevic plays a critical role.

As the supervisor of the county's Fourth District and chairwoman of the County Board Committee on IT, Dimitrijevic has been pushing to modernize IT systems to save money, save paper and give the public more say in government affairs. Her latest effort to launch an online legislative access program won funding approval from the County Board of Supervisors and should be up and running by the end of the year.

"The way we do business is really behind the times," she said. "The city of Milwaukee has had this [legislative access program] for over 15 years."

Strapped for cash, the county entered into an intergovernmental agreement with the city and purchased the software at a discounted price of about $100,000, she said. The program, called Legistar, streamlines legislation tracking and gives citizens on-demand access to data from committee and county board meetings. County officials expect to see a return on investment -- although it's too early to tell exactly how much -- as the software reduces paper usage and employee labor costs.

"No longer will we have someone here sitting at a copy machine making copies for hours," Dimitrijevic said.


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