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Astoria council approves new municipal financial software; vendor name inconsistent in record

5737017 · August 18, 2025
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Summary

Council approved a contract to replace the city's Springbrook financial system with a modern municipal finance platform following an RFP process, but the meeting transcript records inconsistent spellings of the vendor name in different places; finance staff provided full proposal materials to council.

Lede: The Astoria City Council voted Aug. 18 to approve a contract to replace the city—s 14-year-old Springbrook financial software with a new municipal finance platform selected through an RFP process.

Nut graf: Staff said the selection balanced modernization needs and ongoing operating costs. The RFP produced six viable vendor proposals, narrowed to two finalists. Finance Director Hillary Norton assembled the full…

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