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Sammamish staff outline ERP upgrade, emergency communications and a multi‑year program‑based budgeting proposal
Summary
Finance and administrative staff described a planned ERP/financial system replacement (approx. $360,000 reported for recent work), emergency management coordination (including FirstNet/Starlink options) and a proposal to adopt multi‑year, performance‑based budgeting with service‑level definitions to guide future tradeoffs.
City staff updated councilmembers on technology, emergency management and a multi‑year budgeting framework that would shift the city toward performance‑based decisions.
Finance director Vicky Carlson described ongoing work to replace or upgrade financial systems and noted the city’s structural constraints on discretionary revenue. Staff reported an approximate $360,000 cost for a recent…
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