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Berkeley council approves vendor training to modernize finance processes
Summary
The City Council approved a proposal to bring vendor-led training and system enhancements for building permits, accounts payable and equipment-rental time tracking; staff said the work will reduce manual entry, lower error risk and free employee time.
BERKELEY, Mich. — The Berkeley City Council on Aug. 4 approved motion M64-25 to hire a vendor for on-site training and process improvements of the city’s finance systems, aiming to reduce manual workflows in the building department, accounts payable and equipment rental time tracking.
The council approved the measure after a presentation from Deputy Finance Director Amy Zierowski, who described the city’s recently reconstituted finance team and the three priority modules staff wants to address with vendor training. "We have a very new finance staff," Zierowski said, and the training would allow staff to "utilize the system to its fullest" and reduce repetitive manual work.
Council members said the initiative matters because it would cut error risk and return employee time to resident-facing work. Mayor Pro Tem Gavin made the motion to approve the proposal; the motion was supported…
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