Accela, Inc., the leading provider of government enterprise management software solutions, announced today that City of Toledo has launched Accela VelocityHall®, a public access portal that enables citizens and businesses to access many government services on-line. The Building Inspection division of the City's Economic and Community Development Department now offers building, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and demolition permits on-line. The portal increases access to the City's building and planning management activities by allowing citizens and businesses to apply and pay for permits, schedule inspections, check the status of a permit or inspection, or print an approved permit directly from the Internet, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. By allowing citizens to complete the entire process on-line, the City is able to streamline the process for obtaining simple permits and free up valuable staff time to process more complex applications.
"One of the major goals for this department has been to provide a one- stop-shop for accessing government services on-line," states Dr. Patsy F. Scott, Director and CIO at Toledo. "VelocityHall helps us meet this goal with a solution that was easy to implement and flexible enough to work with our existing business procedures."
"Accela's software solutions are designed to provide government agencies with an easy way to provide more citizen-centric services to their community," stated Robert P. Lee, Accela president and CEO. "VelocityHall allows agencies to communicate and coordinate more effectively with citizens, saving everyone both time and money."
The City of Toledo is located in Lucas County in northwestern Ohio, approximately 75 miles east of the Ohio-Indiana border. With a population of just over 310,000, Toledo is the fourth-largest city in Ohio. The City joins several other jurisdictions in Ohio who are already using Accela solutions. These include: Hamilton County, Carlisle, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Forest Park, Kettering, Mason, Montgomery, Oxford, and Wilmington. For more information on Toledo, please visit www.ci.toledo.oh.us.
Quelle: Yahoo Finance, 01.03.2004
