Accounting

Software Selection Committee received their proposal packets and evaluation forms on April 8th.  The Committee met again on April 22nd to discuss their evaluation of the RFPs and discuss top proposals.  The Finance Director gather additional information from the top candidates.  Software demonstrations are being scheduled during the month of May.

April 16-17, staff attended the Springbrook conference and training sessions in Portland.  Springbrook is the city’s financial software. The training sessions were specific to project management, utility billing and general ledger.

There were minor changes to the website Finance Reports to help the viewer.  The following column headers was added in each of the fund/department financial reports.

Biennium Budget 2013-15      1st Year Actuals FY 2013-14          % Act/Bud

The changes are to help the reader will know that the City has a two year budget and current working on its first year of spending.  More changes are planned to assist the reader in understanding the financial reports.

Audit
The Finance Director met with the City of Sandy’s auditor, Kammy Austin with Merina & Company is discuss the audit process for  the fiscal year 2014-15.  Finalized audit field work dates with the City and discussed the details of the proposed engagement letter.

Human Resources
Staff has been assisting in planning the details for a retirement reception scheduled for June 26, 2014.