The City of Lenexa Paperless Packet Project Report

Laptops were Budgeted
Good-bye PC's...hello laptops. Shortly after the City Hall remodeling project was finished, it made sense to replace the Governing Body's desktop PC's with something portable - laptop computers. The laptops provided a means for the Mayor and Council members to continue using the functionality of remote network access, as well as use them at council meetings for accessing the agenda and supporting packet material. The portability of laptops provided the Governing Body with a means to be connected to City Hall no matter where they were (at home, at work, at City Hall, or while traveling). In the summer of 1996 the Governing Body voted to appropriate funds in the 1997 budget for the acquisition of laptop computers. The laptop computers were delivered to the Governing Body members on May 6, 1997.

Each laptop was equipped with:

Hardware:

• 9 Dell Inspiron, Pentium 3 1 GHz laptops

Software:

• Windows 2000

• Office 2000

• Microsoft Outlook

• Internet access

• Citrix remote access

Eventually, laptops were also provided to key Management Team members within the City so they would have the same capabilities as the Governing Body members.