Dunn County outlines ERP go‑live plan, warns of interim double‑entry and possible audit adjustments

County Manager Dan Dunbar told the Dunn County Executive Committee on Jan. 14 that the county’s enterprise resource planning implementation is moving into a high‑intensity phase, with a target go‑live the week of March 2.

Dunbar said key deliverables are due in mid‑January and that consultant BSNA is scheduled to be on site the week of Jan. 26 for a live build. He warned the committee the transition will require a temporary period of double entry “so that we can kind of track both systems and get all of that going” to ensure payroll and vendor payments are uninterrupted. “I think the plan right now is go live the week of March 2,” Dunbar said.

Dunbar told the committee the county is intentionally keeping upcoming board agendas short because staff time is focused on the ERP rollout. He said the new system will allow cleaner, faster reporting and that, as historical records are migrated, auditors and staff may find discrepancies that will lead to accounting adjustments. “We may see adjustments to fund balances based on the findings of this,” he said, describing those as likely corrections of longstanding reporting artifacts rather than new liabilities.

Supervisors praised the finance and implementation teams for working long hours to prepare for the transition; one supervisor who has attended ERP committee meetings called the effort “amazingly complex” and said the implementation team is “doing a great job.”

Dunbar said the complete cutover from SAP is expected about four weeks after the March go‑live date and that county leaders will accept a period of overlap to verify payroll and vendor payments during the transition. He also asked supervisors for patience, noting that some expected improvements will be iterative rather than instantaneous.

Next steps: BSNA’s on‑site work the week of Jan. 26, continued data reconciliation, and the scheduled March go‑live with a subsequent four‑week cutover.