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implementation plan. The engagement has been completed and contracts with the recommended vendors are being negotiated. Installation is expected to begin October, 1982. Cities of Denton and Bryan, Texas Chris Hartung, City Manager of Denton Ernest Clark, City Manager of Bryan Data Processing Selection Study, Implementation Planning and Assistance LWFW recently completed a combined study with each City to develop an RFP, identify software systems capable of meeting the Cities' previously defined needs, and recommend a system for each City. During the study LWFW reviewed application software for municipalities submitted by sixteen vendors, including financial and utility billing systems. The top three options were submitted to the Cities for review and user site visits. Based upon the decision criteria and user site visits, a recommendation was made and accepted by both City Councils. City of Shreveport, Louisiana Tom Dark, Assistant Director Utility Billing and Department of Water and Sewerage Customer Information Needs (318) 226-6350 and Software Selection Study LWFW was engaged by the City of Shreveport's Department of Water and Sewerage to assist them in evaluating their current Utility Billing and Customer Information System. During the study the customer information needs for the department were identified, work sessions were held with the City's software design team, potential strategies were presented, and a recommendation to replace the current system was made. Asa result of that study, LWFW was engaged to assist with the selection of anew Utility Billing and Customer Information Software package. That engagement is currently-in progress. City of Duncanville, Texas Dan Dodson, Assistant City Manager Management Information Needs and (214) 296-1401 Data Processing System Selection Study LWFW was engaged to identify the information needs of the City, prioritize these needs, prepare a Request for Proposal for a data processing system capable of achieving these needs, evaluate the vendor responses, and make a recommendation to the City. This engagement was successfully completed in July, 1981, and following the successful negotiation of a contract the installation is now in progress. City of Denton, Texas Chris Hartung, City Manger (817) 566-8200 Data Processing System Evaluation and Planning Study LWFW was engaged by the City of Denton, Texas to evaluate their data processing activities and develop a plan to strengthen data processing for the City. The existing applications included financial accounting, payroll, utility billing and collection, tax, inventories, equipment maintenance, and library. LWFW surveyed a!1 departments to identify deficiencies in the current systems and new application requirements, and developed alternate strategies to achieve these objectives. LWFW Groi1~~ ~- 1 ~7