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Vol. 5, Issue 2, Summer 2006

O’Fallon, Illinois Expands Implementation of Cityworks by Dan Gentry, City of O’Fallon, IL Aaron Zwiefelhofer, Varion Systems

The City of O’Fallon, Illinois, covering nearly 13 square miles, is one of the fastest growing communities in the Metropolitan St. Louis area providing service to 25,000 people. O’Fallon’s Water Division currently provides service for approximately 16,000 accounts, an estimated 40,000 people. This represents a growth rate of approximately 4.75 percent for metered connections in 2005 and a 22% increase over the 2000 Census figures. In response to such rapid growth, the City’s Engineering and Public Works Department constructed a geodatabase of utility assets, which was followed up with the implementation of Cityworks in December of 2004. During the past 18 months, Cityworks has become an integral part of street, water, storm, and sanitary sewer operations. The success of Cityworks has allowed the City to expand implementation to the Parks Department for management of maintenance activities, trees, and Cont. on page 6

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FEATURE ARTICLE Cityworks Helps Agency Recover from Hurricane Katrina Gulfport, Mississippi By Brent Wilson, Azteca Systems, Inc.

On Monday, August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into Gulfport Mississippi with sustained winds of 143 mph and gusts to 165 mph. Technically a category 3 at landfall, Katrina levied insurmountable damage to cities along the Gulf Coast from New Orleans, Louisiana, east to Biloxi, Mississippi. Gulfport, Mississippi, took the most direct hit. I watched this from my livingroom television as did most of America and the rest of the world. Having grown up in southeast Texas, I thought I was familiar with the awesome power hurricanes can bring. But a recent trip to Gulfport this past spring has forever altered my impression. As I drove into Gulfport from the north side of the city, other than light scattered damage, life seemed to be back to normal and the city appeared to be in good shape. That

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evening, people were moving about in cars and trucks, coming and going like any normal day. However, the further south I drove towards the Gulf of Mexico and downtown Gulfport, the worse it got.

Traffic became less and less and as the sun set, I noticed a conspicuous absence of street lighting. It was downright dark. It was about 9:00 PM but the destruction was evident even in the dark of night. This area of town was literally destroyed. The next day, I drove along the Cont. page 8

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......................................................................................................................................................................... For more information on Cityworks and Azteca Systems, visit us online at http://www.azteca.com

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