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Finance director provides update: audit wrap-up, staffing and budget timing
Summary
Finance Director Jody Dickinson told the committee the city’s FY audit (Act) is nearly complete, a new finance director will start March 27, staffing shortages remain in accounts payable, and the administration does not plan to issue debt until the fall.
Finance Director Jody Dickinson delivered a brief status report to the Finance Committee on March 19.
Dickinson said the annual Act (audit) should be completed within days and that a new finance director will start March 27; she said she plans to transition to a contractual role supporting the department for an interim period. She reported continuing staff shortages in accounts payable caused by medical leaves and other turnover and said the budget team was finalizing work in advance of the upcoming legislative deadlines. Dickinson told the committee there were no current plans to issue debt before the fall.
Committee members asked for a copy of her written report; Dickinson said she would distribute it and that the administration will finalize budget legislation for the April cycle.
Why it matters: The update covers audit timing, leadership transition in the finance department, staffing pressures in accounts payable and scheduling for budget and debt decisions ahead of the annual capital and operating budget process.
