PIMA County, Arizona:
Pima County's capital improvement program has increased
each year to keep up with the fast pace growth of the
southwest. The capital improvement program is primarily
funded by bond programs that are taken to the voters for
approval approximately every five to seven years. To ensure
accountability and foster public trust, the County Board of
Supervisors has put in place one of the most rigorous
bonding disclosure and reporting ordinances in the country.
The Bonding Disclosure and Reporting Ordinance requires
Board of Supervisor's approval for changes for each project
in scope, bond authorization and other funding, and
implementation schedule.
Pima County has been using an in-house built CIP Program
Management Application as an interim solution until a
suitable commercial-off-the shelf application was available
for project management, tracking budgets, cost estimates,
schedules and funding, in one single application. Managing
the allocation of project funding sources, especially bond
authorization, is absolutely essential to adhere to the
requirements of the Bonding Disclosure and Reporting
Ordinance.
After evaluating several potential applications, Pima
County determined that CIPPlanner's CIPAce, was the only
application that met the needs for the County. The County
staff responsible for managing the three ongoing bond
programs and over 300 active capital projects is extremely
excited about the application and is eagerly working with
CIPPlanner to implement CIPAce County-wide in eleven
separate departments. Although County staff is in the midst
of implementation, we are already seeing the great potential
of CIPAce and how it will benefit individual project
management and the overall management of Pima County's bond
programs.
Don Spiece
Manager, Pima County Arizona Capital
Improvement Program
Richmond, California:
"Richmond deployed CIPAce™ in response to its need to
establish a Capital Program Management (CPM) capability to
address the planning and financial management needs of the
city. Implementing CIPAce™ significantly contributed to
meeting our objectives and raising our level of fiscal
management and planning which ultimately led to the
recognition of our efforts by the CSMFO."
James Goins
Director of Finance, City of Richmond
California
Henderson, Nevada
The City of Henderson, Nevada created a cross-departmental
team to review and select a software solution to assist in
its Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) budget planning and
project management. The team selected CIP Planner's CIPAce™
software product to support its CIP budget planning and
project management processes. In 2007, the City deployed
CIPAce's project budget planning functionality. The software
was used to create the 2008 CIP Book and will be used to
create future year CIP Books. The centralized application
and database, and its functionality of defining, costing,
prioritizing, selecting and reporting projects have assisted
the City in improving its CIP budget planning process. In
2008, the City will deploy CIPAce’s project management
functionality to manage CIP projects. The application's
functionality of managing project budgets, purchase orders,
invoices, contracts, issues and schedules will assist the
City in improving its project management process. CIP
Planner staff worked closely with City staff to define
system configuration, system enhancement and training needs
and has successfully delivered products and services to meet
the City's expectations.
Laura Shearin – City of Henderson, Nevada CIP
Coordinator
