The Huron City Commission approved spending 61-thousand 500-dollars for an infrastructure mapping system. City Engineer Mike Wever introduced the Commission to Beehive Industries’ software package for keeping track of city streets and specifically, what is below them during a work session last week. The system uses modules for departments. The city started with modules for the water, waste water and street system. Wever says they would like to add signs and lights….
During the work session last week, City Planner Ralph Borkowski asked if planning and zoning information could be used in the system. Wever said he would look into it. Data regarding residential water shut-offs, water mains and other city infrastructure accumulated over the last few years on another system will be able to be added to the Beehive program. Beehive will allow city maintenance crews to arrive at a location and pull up specific information about that location on a laptop or tablet that can access the system over a wireless Internet connection.