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North Carolina Association of County Commissioners ~~~ O <br />2007-08 Ralph W. Ketner Employee Productivity Awa~+ds Application <br />County: Orenge Employee: Dan Bruce Email: dbruce(~co.orange.nc.us <br />County Department: Planning and Inspections Employee Title: Permit Systems Analyst /Plans Examiner/Elechfcal Inspector <br />County Phone: 919-245-2593 County Mailing Address: 308E Revere Road <br />Is this project being submitted on behaM of two or more employees NO X YES <br />If yes, please provide below a listing of all project employees in Number 8. Employee 8: title as listed above should be for lead team member. <br />Fair Labors Standards Act Designation: In order for your project to be eligible, you MUST indicate one of the following. If you do not know, please <br />contact your personnel director. <br />EXEMPT: a NON-EXEMPT: ^ BOTH (it applicable to a team): ^ <br />1. Productiv Im n~vement Title: Ins ct Plus Software - On Site Field Ins ions Permitti <br />2. im lamentation Dats must be between Janua 1 2007 and December 31 2008: Jan O7 to 'r 07 <br />3. Please describe the pr+oductlvity Improvement (Please limit response to these 2 pages.) <br />In early 2007 Orange County Inspections began design and development of the Inspect Plus program, which is an in-house developed software <br />a ication utilized to ss all as cts of field in ions. <br />This software vided the follows im rovements for field and office rsonnel: <br />• Reduce r usa a in the nnitd 8~ ins on roc;ess b 7096 <br />• Reallocated em to hours eliminatl du licate data ant <br />• Measurable increase in staff ef8de for more ins ctlons da and more time available to Citizens <br />• Maintains Eme en Sen-ices/ GPS addressi act. A. GPS latitude and to nude coorclinate is take at the entrence to each structure <br />• increases communicaatiorls to permit holders and contractors and improves consistency of inspection code interpretatieonsthraugh the use of <br />electronic codes and thro h e nded use of charts tables and code comments to su rt code int one <br />• Collect detailed ins on turndown data to be utilized for trains seminars for DYI rmit holders and contractors <br />• Provides GIS ma in field for uk~c rcel aocation thus savi drivin time <br />• Ins r has all active and st unit data available in fold or offce at a click of a button <br />• In or able to leave charts di rams and/or sketches on site for enhanced cla of into one. <br /> <br /> <br />P.O. Bo:1488, RakiBh, NC 27602-1488 " Pho0e: (919) 71s-2893 " Fu: (919) 733-1066 " www.aeaicc.ora <br />