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 Fiscal Year 2006 Proposed Budget

SECTION C -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

DESKTOP SUPPORT

PROGRAM MISSION: To support the County's investment in personal computers and desktop technologies.

Desktop Support and the Call Center provide County-wide direction and support of personal computers (PCs), desktop technologies such as the Microsoft Office Suite, virus protection and desktop software, and hardware upgrades. The group supports the internal County intranet, maintains and repairs PCs, develops and maintains all core operating images, provides call center telephone support and ticket tracking via the UniCenter Service Desk system, provides asset management tracking and reporting utilizing the asset management portion of the UniCenter software suite, and provides hardware procurement support.

Desktop Support
FY 2004
Actual
FY 2005
Adopted
FY 2006
Proposed
% Change:
'05 to '06
Personnel $543,590 $1,044,043 $1,378,054 32%
Non-Personnel 891,272 995,040 995,040 -
Total Expenditures 1,434,862 2,039,083 2,373,094 16%
Revenues - - - -
Net Tax Support $1,434,862 $2,039,083 $2,373,094 16%
Authorized FTEs 12.2 12.0 16.0
Funded FTEs 12.2 12.0 16.0

SIGNIFICANT BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS:

  • The net increase in personnel expenditures ($334,011) reflects normal salary and benefits adjustments along with 4.0 FTEs transferred (3.0 FTEs from the Department of Human Services and 1.0 FTEs from the Department of Community Planning, Housing and Development for a total of $261,620) to support the new Infrastructure Support Specialist (ISS) program.

PERFORMANCE MEASURES:

FY 2002
Actual
FY 2003
Actual
FY 2004
Actual
FY 2005
Estimate
FY 2006
Estimate
FY 2006
Goal
Mission Outcome Measures
Average number of hours to respond to trouble calls N/A N/A 3 2.5 2.5 2.5
Average number of hours to close ticket (complete trouble calls) N/A N/A 5 4 4 4
Customer Measures
Percent of users satisfied with overall customer support N/A N/A 85% 90% 90% 95%

Workload Measures
Number of PCs supported 2,600 2,805 2,805 3,200 3,200 3,200
Number of hardware repairs (approx.) 800 1,200 1,250 600 600 500
Number of trouble tickets closed (approx.) 7,743 10,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 12000
Ratio of technicians per staff 1:400 1:290 1:290 1:290 1:220 1:220
Efficiency Measures
Percent of total installs that are trouble free 90% 95% 96% 98% 98% 99%
Desktop time to respond to break/fix 48 hours 48 hours 16 hours 16 hours 8 hours 8 hours
Lost time due to workstation outages 8 hrs/month 8 hrs/month 4 hrs/month 4 hrs/month 4 hrs/month 4 hrs/month

FUTURE BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS:

  • Implementation of 24x7x365 customer service for both internal County services and external resident e‑Government services.
  • Study potential benefits of implementing and monitoring outsourcing recommendations.
  • Expand and enhance our ability to provide automatic call distribution services and to electronically provide workstation updates.
  • Realignment of staff through implementation of a pilot that will align county staff in line with technology best practices.