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Finance &Technology
2017-2021 FINANCIAL PLAN
Received the Canadian Award for
Financial Reporting for the 2016 Annual
Report;
Received the Distinguished Budget
Presentation Award for the 2016 -2020
Financial Plan;
Received the Popular Annual Financial
Reporting Award for the 2016 Annual
Report Highlights;
Continued to develop our the Financial
System, upgrading the processes,
adding increased functionality and
continuing with overall process
efficiencies;
Continued to promote and develop
‘CityNet’, an employee intranet which
includes a document portal for forms,
policies and templates, an employee
directory with photos which provides
an improved means of communication
to all staff;
Reduced IT staff overtime by 25% for a
savings of $138K through continuous
improvement efforts, hiring of vacant
positions, and leveraging technology
whenever and wherever possible;
Issued 198 solicitations for various
goods and services;
Continued to ensure that all relevant
applications and technologies met the
compliance requirements of the Pay-
ment Card Industry (PCI);
Piloted Electronic Signature’s, reducing
printed paper & delivery cost,;
Identified additional technology
solutions to address supply chain
issues;
Simplified, clarified and streamlined the
procurement process at the City of
Surrey;
Completed evaluation to ensure that all
controls and processes in place are ap-
propriately calculating and applying
taxes, levies and charges correctly;
Maintained modern technology
platforms for the City by upgrading the
following business-critical Enterprise
Business Applications:
AMANDA—Land Management
System;
Financial Management System
(Agresso Business World);
Tempest—Tax & Utilities System;
PeopleSoft;
FDM—Fire Dispatch Management;
CityNet;
Minisis
Theatre Manager; and
ServiceNow;
Upgrading these solutions allows the
City to achieve reduced operational
costs, provides improved information
security, and takes advantage of best
practices, enabling City staff to deliver
improved service to the community.
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