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Roswell officials report strong first-quarter finances, push KPIs and project management overhaul
Summary
City officials told the council the city opened the year with better-than-budget revenue and growing cash reserves, and described a new quarterly management review, operations dashboard and project-management approach to track dozens of large projects.
Don Stevens, chief operating officer, told the Roswell City Council committee meeting on April 29 that the city began 2025 with a stronger-than-expected first quarter and is rolling out a quarterly management review to tie service outcomes to budgeting and major projects. "We're clearly moving much quicker than we were previously," Stevens said during the presentation.
The presentation, given by Stevens with Bill Godshall, chief financial officer, laid out a framework the city will use to measure service delivery, financial performance and delivery on major initiatives such as economic development and infrastructure work. Godshall told the committee Roswell’s cash position improved during the last two reporting periods: audited unrestricted cash was $72 million at June 30, 2024, and the city reported unrestricted cash of about $82 million and $88 million at more recent closing dates. "Our unrestricted cash…
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