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  • Posted in: General GFOA Forum

    Hi, Ashley The City of Olympia is in a place where I feel a lot of the work we've done in the past can be easily translated into the new criteria. The biggest lift is going to be answering the swath of new questions. Since this is new, we don't have ...

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    We have used both CivicRec and Roller for event registration. Both work well but are not cheap (both from a credit card processing and software perspective). Kyle Maurer Director of Finance and Administrative ...

  • Posted in: General GFOA Forum

    We have used Jotform as the form software with their integration with Square as the payment processor. ------------------------------ Jordan Hales Finance Director City of Spanish Fork Spanish Fork UT ------------------------------

  • Posted in: General GFOA Forum

    Hi all, I was hoping for examples of service level agreements for support departments (specifically Finance and HR) for providing support to other departments. In this case, we will be providing services to a merged fire department and I'd like to ...

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    BS&A vs. BUCS

    Posted in: General GFOA Forum

    We are looking to change our financial systems. Can anyone tell me about their experience with either BS&A or BUCS? Pros and cons? Appreciate all input. And any thoughts on SpringBrook? ------------------------------ Andrea Simon Director of Finance ...

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