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County moves toward enterprise resource platform; staff say replacement is a necessity not a luxury
Summary
County staff described plans to replace scattered legacy finance and HR systems with a single ERP platform, funded in part from reserves and expected to require a phased 12'18-month implementation; the clerk's office is leading vendor selection and staff emphasized data ownership and security.
County staff and the clerk's office told commissioners April 15 that the county must replace its decades-old finance and administrative systems with a modern enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform to improve security, reporting and operational efficiency.
"This is very much a need, not not a want," said Clerk Embree during the workshop as deputy administrator Sheila Fitzgerald and information-technology staff described the project. Staff said the current financial system is more than 20 years…
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