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Town of Penfield
Case 9: Geographic Information Systems

County Town of Penfield
Contact person Channing Philbrick, Supervisor, 716-377-8600
Case descriptions Case 9: Geographic Information Systems
Forms of restructuring joint production of service
Specific services affected County Planning supplied the Town with digital base map and environmental mapping, which Penfield is entering into its own GIS. The Town is in turn updating and editing those maps for the County.
Year started 1994
Partners the Town; Monroe County Planning
Primary goal community-wide GIS mapping
Barriers delay in getting the base maps from the County
Benefits high quality GIS data
Impact on budget saved money by starting with the digital base maps
Impact on labor saved time by starting with the digital base maps
Key contact Mark DiFrancesco, Superintendent of Sewers, 716-377-8639