About Tallahassee-Leon County GIS

The City of Tallahassee, the Leon County Board of County Commissioners, and the Leon County Property Appraiser’s Office entered into an Interlocal Agreement in May, 1990 to create a joint Geographic Information System. The mission of this GIS is to

Develop a common base map
 

Promote sharing of resources
 

Reduce redundancy of data collection and creation
 

Provide a mechanism to maintain the base map and other data layers
 

Encourage enterprise information management solutions
 

Enhance decision making for public officials
 



Funding for this effort is divided equally with the City of Tallahassee and the Leon County Board of County Commissioners. The Leon County Property Appraiser’s Office participates by providing the parcel maps of the County. 

The project is managed by an Executive Committee whose chair rotates annually. The members are one City Commissioner (Andrew Gillum), one County Commissioner (Bob Rackleff) and the Property Appraiser (Bert Hartsfield). It is staffed by the Interlocal GIS Coordinator. The Committee meets quarterly to review and institute policy and budget issues and receive project updates.

The technical issues are managed by a Steering Committee that meets monthly and is chaired by the GIS Coordinator. This Committee’s main function is to review the technical implementation of the GIS and review project updates. It also develops the agenda for the Executive Committee.

The TLC GIS Coordinator leads a group of professionals (16) which form GIS Central.  GIS Central provides support services to each of the principal partners.  These services include: system administration, database management, Internet/Intranet development and support, application design and support and map analysis expertise. 

A larger, user-oriented body called the GIS Development Team meets monthly to review project updates, determine user needs, address user issues and/or concerns with the GIS implementation. This Team has several subgroups that meet several times a month to address specific items such as landuse, easements, census, GPS, and addressing. These subgroups analyze issues, develop solutions, and report back to the Development Team on their progress/findings during the monthly meetings. 
 


The membership of the GIS Development Team represents the following agencies:
Leon County MIS City of Tallahassee ISS
Leon County Public Works City of Tallahassee Public Works
Leon County Community Development City of Tallahassee Growth Management
Leon County Sheriff’s Office City of Tallahassee Police Department
Leon County Emergency Management City of Tallahassee Fire Department
Leon County Cooperative Extension Tallahassee-Leon County Blue Print 2000 Department
Leon County Property Appraiser’s Office City of Tallahassee Utilities - Electric, Gas, Water & Sewer, and Stormwater
Leon County Supervisor of Elections Leon County School Board
Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Department

 

Send your comments to: webgis@leoncountyfl.gov