Management Information Systems

Chief Information Officer
Peter Barone


The Department of Management Information Systems provides the following major services to all city departments and many agencies such as the Buffalo Sewer Authority and the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority:

• Local Area network infrastructure with fiber back bone and Cisco switches.  Network delivers 1GB speed to the switches and 100MB speed to the workstations.
• Cisco VoIP phones to all City Hall departments with unity voicemail.
• Internet Access to all city employees (office use only).
• Email capabilities to all city employees (internal and external).
• Training and support for Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Outlook, Power Point, Windows Operating system and all city computer systems.
• Fully functional and interactive Web site for City of Buffalo -  www.city-buffalo.com
• Microsoft Share Point Services and fully function Intranet.
• Document Management infrastructure with multipurpose print / scan / fax devices, Laser Fiche software and Document Management server.

• Design, implement and maintain computer systems for:
   City Payroll with Employee self assist features
   Budget and appropriations
   311 – CRM system (LAGAN)
   General Ledger and accounting
   Purchasing and Accounts payable
   Tax Billing and Accounts receivables
   User Fee (Garbage) billing and receivables
   Property information database
   Law Department Case and Contract Management System
   Parking enforcement and summons management
   Citizen complaints tracking
   Housing Inspections and enforcement
   Building Permits - Issuance and management
   Business Licenses – Issuance and management
   City Treasury – Teller and cash management systems
   City Clerk – Birth, death and marriage certificates
   Civil Service Examination and Applicant tracking
   Records Management – Common Council Proceedings, Genealogy records
   Various misc. functions
  
• Maintain City’s WAN with VPN server and various communication modes.
• Maintain all PCs, printers and communication equipment owned by the City.
• Processing of Biweekly Payroll.
• Process all ad-hoc requests for information from MIS maintained databases (e.g. Payroll Information, property information, Budget Information etc.).
• Process all accounts receivable and accounts payable for the city.