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Board approves Workday ERP contract, Cognizant implementation and $5 million ISF loan to modernize county finance and HR systems
Summary
The Board authorized a multi‑year Workday subscription, a Cognizant implementation contract and established an internal services fund funded by a $5 million interfund loan to finance a phased ERP replacement of the county’s aging FinPro system; staff said the total implementation/first‑phase cost estimate is about $6.7 million and recurring subscription is projected at roughly $455,000/year.
Nevada County supervisors on Sept. 24 approved a plan to replace the county’s aging financial and human‑resources systems with Workday and to hire Cognizant as the implementation partner.
Information and General Services Director Steve Monahan and Chief Information Officer (self‑identified as Landa Beard in the public presentation) explained that the county’s current system (FinPro) dates to the early 2000s and that vendor support was winding down, increasing cyber and continuity risk. Auditor‑Controller Gina Will recommended Workday for its reporting, grant and best‑practice process templates; Barry Anderson (management analyst) presented a financing model that combined a proposed $5,000,000 interfund loan from the General Fund into an internal services fund (ISF), existing technology…
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