2011 budget summary - St. Louis County

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIONCAPSThe County Administrative Processing Systems(CAPS) Division is responsible for the management,maintenance, support, and training of the County’sfinancial and human resources computer systems.The division provides trouble‐shooting,enhancement requests, report writing, and trainingsupport to core users and end‐users of thesesystems. The CAPS Division supports interfaces tothird‐party systems procured by Countydepartments to increase efficiency and reduceerrors. CAPS also serves as a liaison with thesoftware vendor (Tyler Technologies/MUNIS) andwith REJIS for network and desktop services relatedto CAPS. The new CAPS system provides better andfaster information to employees, citizens andvendors who do business with the County.Information TechnologyThe Information Technology (IT) Division developsCounty IT policies and plans and manages theintroduction, operation and use of informationtechnologies, including telecommunications, from acountywide or enterprise perspective. Activitiesinclude developing and communicating ITstrategies, policies, practices, budgets, architectureand standards. The division manages projects andalso issues and consults with departments toidentify and address their needs. The division plansand coordinates the business telecommunicationssystems, facilities, operations, and projects for theCounty as an enterprise.PersonnelThe Division of Personnel is the administrative armof the Civil Service Commission and is responsiblefor the administration of the County merit systemas outlined under Article VII of the Charter. Servicesprovided include recruitment, classification,compensation, employee/labor relations, andtraining/organizational development. Through theRetirement Board of Trustees, the divisionadministers the civilian employees' and policeofficers' retirement plans. The division isresponsible for administering the employees' andretirees' health insurance program and coordinatesthe deferred compensation plans, flexible benefits,long and short term disability, dental, vision, andlife insurance programs.Procurement and Administrative ServicesThe Division of Procurement and AdministrativeServices is charged with six primary areas ofresponsibility: procurement, records management,mail processing, courier services, central receiving,and surplus property management at thegovernment centers. Duties include awarding andadministering contracts, inspecting and testinggoods, and expediting their shipment, collecting,distributing and processing interoffice and outgoingmail, utilizing and disposing of surplus property,retaining records, managing inactive records andimaging services, and updating policies andprocedures.- 217 -FISCAL YEAR 2011ADOPTED BUDGET