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Fenton board committee favors BS&A financial software after presentations and cost debate

5749899 · August 8, 2025
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The Board's capital improvements committee recommended the city proceed with a cloud-based financial software package from BS&A after hearing presentations, cost comparisons and conversion details; the board voted to forward the recommendation for final approval.

The Fenton capital improvements committee voted to advance a recommendation to adopt BS&A financial software after hearing presentations from staff on conversion scope, costs and operational benefits. The discussion on Aug. 7 centered on conversion of prior years of financial data, cloud hosting, user access and long-term maintenance costs.

City Administrator Nikki Finkfeiner presented the evaluation, saying staff solicited eight bid notices, seven firms requested bid packets and two vendors submitted proposals. Tammy, the city’s finance director, described operational problems with the current…

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