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Syracuse City reviews Financial Operations budget and payroll modernization plan
Summary
City finance leaders reviewed the Financial Operations budget, staffing changes and a multi‑month plan to integrate timekeeping with payroll systems, noting impacts on payroll staff and more than 2,500 employees who receive W‑2s.
Syracuse City finance leaders on a financial operations session reviewed staffing moves, budget line shifts and a timetable to reduce manual payroll entries by integrating timekeeping systems with the city’s payroll platform.
Commissioner of Finance Mike Kinniziere and First Deputy Commissioner of Finance Ann Marie Deagan told the Syracuse City Council’s financial alignment session that the department expects the timekeeping integration to reduce manual keyed payroll entries and to change several activity indicators tied to payroll processing. "That function goes away because of that integration," Deagan said, adding, "I think by the end of the year, we hope that that's up and running."
The discussion focused on why the department is pursuing the change, who would be affected and what the near‑term staffing and budget implications are. The finance office said it issues W‑2s for about 2,500 to 2,600…
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