Daryl (last name not specified), Tompkins County finance director, told the committee the department is the county’s chief fiscal office and recommended several maintenance‑of‑effort items for 2026, including migrating eFinance Plus (the county’s Central Square accounting software) from an on‑premises server to the vendor’s cloud platform because the existing on‑premise configuration is no longer supported.

“Moving to the cloud and upgrading to the next version will improve speed and user experience and reduce the support‑risk of an unsupported on‑prem server,” Daryl said. The migration and license changes increase operating costs in 2026 but, he said, reduce long‑term operational risk.

Daryl told legislators he believes the finance division is understaffed by roughly three to four positions. He said the department had requested three accounting/treasury positions as enhancements — an additional treasury analyst focused on cash‑flow and investment analysis, an accountant to assume year‑end accounting duties and increase bench strength, and a principal account clerk to accelerate reconciliations and reporting. County administration recommended the eFinance cloud migration and a debt/lease management tool but did not recommend funding the three positions due to fiscal constraints.

The director also described concerns about payroll‑software license overages after transitioning to UKG and said his office plans to work with county administration to better calibrate annual license levels. He requested a cash‑management tool to get real‑time bank connections and support forecasting and said the purchasing specialist position funded as a two‑year OTR in 2025 should move to target in 2026 to maintain procurement capacity.

Legislators asked for further details on how the department monitors taxes, pilots and pilot‑agreement billing, and how new cash‑management tools would affect interest revenue; Daryl said those items could be addressed as the department and administration finalize plans and noted the county had generated significant interest revenue in past years through active cash management.