Government
Custom Software for Government
Most of our software work moves aging Microsoft Access databases and spreadsheet sprawl onto modern cloud systems. Your team keeps the workflow it already knows while we swap out what sits underneath. Records systems that are decades old have to pass strict audits on a budget that always runs short.
Does Imagi-Tech do Custom Software for county offices and municipalities?
Yes. Imagi-Tech provides custom software development to county offices and municipalities across ten Ohio markets, from our office in Marietta, Ohio. We scope and quote each project after a free audit. The problem it addresses: records systems that are decades old have to pass strict audits on a budget that always runs short.
Sound familiar?
Where county offices and municipalities usually get stuck
- The real system is a spreadsheet emailed around with numbers in the filename
- Two people have to re-key the same order into two places
- Reporting means someone stays late with a pivot table
- The software you bought does 40% of the job and blocks the other 60%
What's included
What you get
- Business process review and documentation
- System blueprint with diagrams and user cases
- Prototype checkpoints before anything ships
- Cloud storage with desktop, tablet, and phone access
- Training and ongoing support
One system your team opens every day, from a desk or from a phone.
Government
The systems we end up in
Most county offices and municipalities run some version of these four. Our Custom Software work usually starts with getting them to share data.
Permits, licensing, and code enforcement
Records retention and public requests
Utility billing and receipting
Grant tracking and reporting
What changes
- Public records found in seconds from a desk
- Audit trails that exist without extra clerical work
- Systems staff can run after the vendor goes quiet
How we work
Custom Software, cut into four pieces
Review
We sit with the people doing the work and write down how the job runs from one day to the next.
Blueprint
You get diagrams, user cases and a written scope to approve before anyone writes code, so month three holds no surprises.
Prototype
At every checkpoint you click through a working version, and we catch wrong turns early while they cost little.
Launch and support
We migrate your data and train your staff, then stay on for support. The system belongs to you, documentation included.
Proof
Work like this, written up
Each write-up explains what the client was up against and how our fix turned out.
Jefferson County, PA
We rebuilt three legacy county sites. That meant 200+ pages migrated to a Section 508 compliant platform, a secure case-file exchange for the District Attorney, a maintenance ticketing system, and a new county identity. The .com to .gov migration went live with no downtime.
200+ pages of legacy content migrated and rebuilt
Full-Scale Business Management SoftwareGrimm Scientific Industries
Grimm ran day-to-day operations on spreadsheets until we built them an ERP from scratch. The company has quadrupled in size since, on the same system.
4x growth in company size since the system went in
JobTrax Custom ApplicationThe Proz
A mobile crew needed onsite photos to reach the office the same day, and the general manager wanted a scheduler to drag jobs onto. After eight years of continuous development, The Proz is the dominant hood cleaner in their area.
8+ yrs building and improving the same system
Get a clear read on your technology
We'll run a free audit and explain what we find in plain language. You keep the report whatever you decide.
Get Free Audit →Where we work
Custom Software for Government, by market
Pick the market closest to you. We send the same people and follow the same process everywhere we work.
Mid-Ohio Valley
Central Ohio
Southwest Ohio
Questions we get asked
About Custom Software for Government
How long does a custom software project take?
It depends on scope. Once the blueprint is done, you get a timeline in writing. The order of work stays the same on every project: we review how you work, you approve a blueprint and click through prototypes, and then we launch and support it.
Do we own the software when it is finished?
Yes. The source code, the data, the documentation and every login belong to you, and we keep none of it back to hang on to you as a client.
What if our requirements change halfway through?
The prototype checkpoints handle that. You click through a working version at each one, so we catch a wrong turn early, while it costs little to fix.
Can it work with the systems we already have?
Usually, yes. Most of our projects hook into something you already run, such as an accounting package, a carrier portal or a machine on the shop floor, and we replace only the parts that need replacing.
Are we too small for custom software development?
Almost certainly not. Most of our clients are businesses where the person in charge of technology is in charge of three other things too, and we built the process around that person.
What does Custom Software cost?
Scope decides it, so the free audit comes before any number. You get a fixed written quote before anything is billed, and you keep the audit whether or not you hire us. Digital Marketing is the one exception, sold at a published monthly price.
Where does Imagi-Tech work?
We work out of 200 Putnam St, Suite 201, Marietta, Ohio, and cover ten markets across Ohio. Most work happens remotely because it is faster, and we schedule on-site time when hands on hardware will help.
How does an Imagi-Tech custom software development project start?
With a free audit. We look at what you run now and give you a plain-language read on what is solid and what is one bad morning away from trouble. Scope and price come after that.
Free audit
Let's get started
Tell us what's giving you trouble, in your own words. "Our Access database is dying" is plenty to go on.