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Client name: City of Cincinnati
Just a few years ago, the City of Cincinnati was facing serious customer service obstacles:
Residents and small business owners were left to navigate this their own—which led to high call volumes, emails and extensive counter visits at each step of the way. It could take weeks to figure out what permits were needed. No one was happy about this. Permitting, a central function of all governments, was creating a huge annual, unrecoverable loss of critical staff time for the City.
Given these challenges, the Mayor set out to discover a simple, cost-efficient and transparent way for homeowners, special event planners and entrepreneurs to quickly discover permit requirements without visiting City Hall.
The task was assigned to the Office of Performance and Data Analytics, who looked nationwide for examples of what other communities had done to solve this challenge. Several cities stood out for their user friendly and simple interface, including Oakland, Indianapolis and Asheville. The team suspected all three of the communities shared one thing in common: they had worked with OpenCounter, a Euna Solutions brand.
The project team invited OpenCounter to do a demo for the seven permitting-focused departments, the City Manager and the Chief Procurement Officer. At the end of that first hour, It was unanimous. They loved it, and then they sole sourced it.
In 2019, the city:
There have been other tangible benefits for Cincinnati as well. Deploying OpenCounter has helped the Innovation Team spread the message that technology can be helpful … and that not every technology deployment needs to be disruptive, laborious or delivered over-budget. Nicollete Staton remarked:
For the end user, OpenCounter provides an umbrella across all departments, yet keeps every process where it is internally. We can now move the needle towards providing a modern digital experience while being able to work with each department to transform their internal processes when it’s right for them.
Nicollette Staton
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