"We are a very diverse community… The one thing the public wants is accessibility right away, right when they wake up in the morning."

“The ability to collect all of the data and information in one location is priceless.”

“We anticipate that by next year, we will realize $1 million or more in savings with Accela Right of Way Management.”

“Inspectors would do their inspections all on paper, then the data would be manually entered, Because we used multiple systems to capture inspection data, it had to be exported back and forth constantly. This created problems with versioning, overwriting crucial information, and made the data unreliable. We had no global …

“The growth in Moreno Valley is very extensive, with a rise in new development ranging from tenant improvements to large one million square foot buildings being constructed from the ground up.”

“It has helped with the constituent services area so now constituents can self-service and be able to see the process—but also, now our folks can see our constituent services and our code enforcement people can see exactly where everything is at, and that has been the big benefit. Seeing the …

“I no longer have to be concerned with applying updates and patches to the applications and infrastructure, Also, there has been a push in the last five or six years, really across the whole state, for agencies like our own to be more self-sufficient when it comes to IT initiatives.”

“When I first started here, we were totally with paper, Everything was handwritten, handtyped and filed in file drawers that filled a room. We needed some common tool for everyone to talk to, and our choice was Accela.”

“The solar industry is so appreciative that the County has stepped up to be a leader in solar permitting, It makes all of our lives so much easier. Companies are able to save time, money and resources and we’re able to install solar more quickly. Our customers are happy — …

“Being able to quickly build this new, user-friendly portal and regulatory program into our existing Accela system was crucial to our timely success.”

“We were expecting long nights and weekends, like we had the previous year. Employees were dreading the upcoming renewal date, But we didn’t have nights. We didn’t have weekends. We didn’t have overtime. We were surprised. This year (2019) it wasn’t even a conversation. We were aware the renewal date …

“Something we’re really excited about, is being able to take photos of the violations and attach them directly to the inspection report. The photos are also stored in the Accela back-office so we can refer to them later.”

“We haven’t been under the delusion that growth is all of the sudden going to slow down, our planning efforts and infrastructure efforts all focus on that continued growth.”

“We can now track our workflow data, measure application processing time, and we have even designed performance metrics to set department goals. Further converting the data to a standardized format has opened up a new window into our operations. Now it is much easier to understand the data. We can …

“With information being stored in Azure, we have access to the data in a real-time setting. We don’t have to wait for a system to upload or to get feedback information from the state of Oregon. Communication between departments has increased and communication between stakeholders has increased. I’m able to …