Council to consider selling surplus parcels to fund long-delayed finance software and website overhaul

Laura told the council staffs plan is to declare certain city parcels surplus and pursue sealed bids with a recommendation to use proceeds to fund a long-overdue financial-management-system replacement and a full website overhaul (including ADA compliance). "Our recommendation there would be to use those property sale proceeds to implement a new financial management software system, which actually has been in and out of the budget since 2014," Laura said, adding that remaining proceeds could be reserved for future public-safety technology needs.

Council members pressed staff on recurring costs and flexibility; one council member asked whether the project would be affordable and whether the long-term hosting and subscription costs would be sustainable. Laura said hosting and subscription fees are expected but could be absorbed by department operating budgets; staff will return next week with an action item to declare surplus and detail options.