[Adopted 9-19-1996 by Ord. No. 96-86B; amended in its entirety 3-21-2000 by Ord. No. 00-34]
[Amended 2-17-2009 by Ord. No. 09-74]
The Management Information Service (MIS) Department
shall consist of an MIS Director appointed contractually by the Mayor,
subject to confirmation by the City Council, for a contract period
of three years and such other employees as shall be required and appropriated
for. All appointments to the position of MIS Director, both permanent
and temporary appointments which exceed 60 days, shall require confirmation
by the City Council.
The Director shall have the overall responsibility
for all administrative and operational aspects of the City's MIS Department.
The Director shall also oversee all hardware and software applications
and LAN/WAN communications within the City.
The MIS Director shall be deemed to be a managerial
and confidential employee as defined in MGL c. 150E and shall not
be included in a collective bargaining unit or entitled to coverage
under said chapter.
The MIS Director shall have the following qualifications:
A. Broad-based experience in information and telecommunications
technologies, including systems planning, management and operations,
training and programming.
B. At least three years' experience in information systems
management.
C. At least three years' experience in Unix operating
system and database administration.
D. Bachelor's degree in computer science or information
systems or related field training preferred.
[Amended 6-6-2000 by Ord. No. 00-48]
E. Experience in all of the following preferred: Windows
NT experience, MUNIS financial software, local area networking and
municipal government.
The MIS Director shall be responsible for performing
all day-to-day as listed below:
A. Day-to-day system administration of the City's financial
software (currently Munis), the SCO Unix operating system and the
Informix database (used by Munis).
B. Provides technical assistance to the City's departments,
including technical assistance on the operation of the City's financial
software, advice on streamlining day-to-day operations, and review
contracts concerning information services for technical content or
omissions.
C. Coordinates and plans all activities of the Information
Systems Department.
D. Works with management to determine needs, uses of
the computer system and in what form input data and output data are
to be presented.
E. Schedules computer system time to be allotted to different
priority projects.
F. Determines new equipment needs.
G. Establishes work schedules of subordinate staff and
reviews their work.
H. Prepares progress reports.
I. Reviews computer and peripheral equipment records
of production, breakdowns and maintenance to determine cost of rescheduling
of work.
J. Directs training of all City personnel.
K. Administers operating budget and submits budget requests.
L. Performs all other related duties as driven by the
MIS needs of the City.