Item 4M AudioHonorable Mayor and members of the City Council. Item 4G is a request to confirm the
appointment of Dale E. Dean to the position of Director of Information Technology.
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This appointment is aligned with the Strategic Objectives of Attract, develop and
retain a skilled workforce and Optimize use of Technology.
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•The City Charter requires that the City Manager appoint each head of a department and
that the appointment is subject to the Council’s confirmation.
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Dale Dean has over 14 years experience in the information technology field. In 1997
Dale joined the firm of Avail Medial Products as its only IT employee. Since then, the
company grew to a $400 million company and Dale oversees an IT Department with 50
employees worldwide. In January 2008 Avail was purchased by the $1billion firm
Flextronics and Dale’s IT department supports 13,000 end users. Dale is currently taking
training classes to become a Six Sigma Greenbelt.
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The Director of the Department of Information Technology has full management and
responsibility for the IT Department and provides highly responsible and complex
administrative support to the City Manager. The IT Director is the City’s Chief
Information Technology Officer and is responsible for all the IT initiatives of the City.
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The IT Department is currently staffed with 6 employees including the Director,
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Has an annual operating budget of just over $3.0
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•This appointment allows the City to fill a very important vacancy in our staff and with
Dale’s experience and expertise, will provide effective leadership of the IT staff and
functions of the City.
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•If you have any questions regarding this request please feel free to call Shana
Yelverton. Thank you.
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