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a. Approve and authorize to amend the adopted budget for the County Administrative Office, Contracts and Purchasing (Budget Unit 8047), Appropriation CAO002 to add one (1) Buyer II position; (4/5th Vote Required)
b. Approve and authorize an increase of appropriations in CAO002, County Administrative Office, Contracts and Purchasing by $38,000, offset by an Interfund Reimbursement of $38,000 from AUD006, Capital Project Automation; and (4/5th Vote Required)
c. Approve and authorize the County Administrative Office and the Auditor-Controller to incorporate the position changes in the FY 2014-15 Adopted Budget. (4/5th Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize to amend the adopted budget for the County Administrative Office, Contracts and Purchasing (Budget Unit 8047), Appropriation CAO002 to add one (1) Buyer II position; (4/5th Vote Required)
b. Approve and authorize an increase of appropriations in CAO002, County Administrative Office, Contracts and Purchasing by $38,000, offset by an Interfund Reimbursement of $38,000 from AUD006, Capital Project Automation; and (4/5th Vote Required)
c. Approve and authorize the County Administrative Office and the Auditor-Controller to incorporate the position changes in the FY 2014-15 Adopted Budget. (4/5th Vote Required)
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The County has begun an upgrade of the current Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System. The project entails upgrading Advantage Performance Budget, Advantage Financial and Advantage HRM from version 3.7 to 3.10. Version 3.7 is has reached the end of its useful life in terms of support from CGI Technologies, hardware produced by IBM to run version 3.7 and Microsoft windows server software.
A September 9, 2014 Board Report requested staffing in the Auditor-Controller's Office in support of the ERP upgrade. This request would add an additional position in Contracts and Purchasing to help supp...
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