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Finance proposes OpenGov software to centralize budgeting and grants; staff recommend funding one-year rollout from reserves
Summary
Finance and planning staff recommended adopting OpenGov’s budgeting and grants-management modules to improve budget accuracy, grant tracking and public transparency. Staff estimate a multi-month implementation, say finance reserves can fund the first year, and noted the solution is used by Idaho agencies including the state controller.
City finance and planning staff presented a proposal to adopt OpenGov budgeting and grants-management software to replace portions of the current Excel-driven budget and grant tracking workflow.
Staff said the software provides a collaborative budgeting environment, interactive public-facing budget books, five-year analyses, variance alerts, grant lifecycle tracking and GFOA-aligned reporting. “OpenGov has offered scalability, flexibility, and expanded…
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