SECTION 8.03 DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
   There shall be a Department of Information Technology under the authority of the County Information Technology Board that shall carry out the Board 's purposes through the exercise of the powers delegated to it and that shall make recommendations to the Board for its consideration and disposition. At a minimum, the Department of Information Technology shall provide the necessary information systems technology and data processing support to all elected officeholders, appointing authorities, offices, departments, boards, commissions and agencies to ensure that any obligations imposed by the Ohio Revised Code, this Charter, the Codified Ordinances of the County of Summit, or any other applicable federal, state or local law are met.
   Any employee of any elected officeholder, appointing authority, department, board, commission or agency of the County of Summit, who, at the time of the adoption of this Article, and, in the determination of the Human Resource Commission, is in a position whose job description involves the planning, acquiring, implementing or operating of data processing and information systems technology, shall immediately be transferred to the Department of Information Technology at compensation no less than received at the time of the adoption of this Article, and, commencing with the adoption of this Article, only the Department of Information Technology may employ any employee whose job description involves planning, acquiring, implementing or operating data processing and information systems technology. No other County elected officeholder, appointing authority, department, board, commission or agency of the County of Summit funded in whole or in part with County funds may employ or contract with any person or entity whose job description or contract would involve planning, acquiring, implementing or operating data processing and information systems technology or purchasing or providing information systems technology equipment, provided however, that this provision shall not apply to the Department of Job and Family Services or the Child Support Enforcement Agency.
   The Chief Information Officer shall assign to any elected officeholder, appointing authority, department, board, commission or agency, who so reasonably requests, suitable employees of the Department of Information Technology for the purpose of developing software and/or applications to improve the business processes for that elected officeholder, appointing authority, department, board, commission or agency. Any employee assigned in this manner shall remain an employee of the Department of Information Technology and report to the Chief Information Officer, but shall take additional direction from the elected official, appointing authority, department, board, commission or agency on the business needs, business processes and the corresponding development of software and applications for that elected officeholder, appointing authority, department, board, commission or agency.
   The Board shall be authorized to enter into a contract, subject to the approval of County Council and execution by the County Executive, with any office, department, board, commission or agency of the County of Summit not governed by the County Charter or with another Ohio political subdivision to provide information technology goods and services through the Department of Information Technology. Prior to adoption of any contract on behalf of the Information Technology Department or Board, it shall be reviewed and approved by the Department of Law, Insurance and Risk Management.
   In the event an elected officeholder, appointing authority, office, department, board, commission or agency believes that the Department of Information Technology is not providing the necessary information technology or data processing support to meet its obligations imposed by the Ohio Revised Code, this Charter, the Codified Ordinances of the County of Summit, or any other applicable federal, state or local law, it may petition the County Council for the authority to employ or contract with any person to, on its behalf, engage in planning, acquiring, implementing or operating data processing and information systems technology or purchasing or providing information systems technology equipment. Any such petition may be approved by a two-thirds affirmative vote of County Council determining that the same is necessary, subject to any veto by the Executive, and provided that any such contract is subject to execution by the Executive.
(Added 11-4-14)