TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor Angela Birney
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR CONTACT(S):
Finance
Chip Corder
425-556-2189
DEPARTMENT STAFF:
Finance
Kelley Cochran
Deputy Finance Director
Finance
Jay Freeland
Business Systems Analyst Senior
TIS
Dawn Johnson
Project MGMT Office Manager
TIS
Wanda Norman
Technology Project Manager
TITLE:
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Approval of a Consultant Agreement with Dynamic Solutions Incorporated in the Amount of $123,600 to Provide Resource Development and End User Training to Support the Implementation of Dynamics 365 (D365)
OVERVIEW STATEMENT:
recommendation
The City is implementing a replacement of the current financial system early next year. The contract with Dynamic Solutions Incorporated will provide City staff with the resources and training necessary to ensure the implementation is successful. Microsoft launched the Dynamics 365 (D365) suite of business systems in 2016. D365 for Finance and Operations replaces the City's current Dynamics AX finance solution. The upgrade moves the City's finance solution to the cloud and provides increased opportunities for modernization and streamlining of a broadened scope of finance-related business processes, systems integration and data analytics.
Deana Davis of Dynamic Solutions is uniquely qualified to address the training needs of the City's for the implementation. She has trained specifically for Microsoft Dynamics from version 1 to present and has worked directly with the City's support partners in previous engagements. The training materials that are developed as a part of this contract will be utilized going forward to train new and existing staff and to continue good stewardship of the City's financial data.
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? Additional Background Information/Description of Proposal Attached
REQUESTED ACTION:
? Receive Information ? Provide Direction ? Approve
REQUEST RATIONALE:
* Relevant Plans/Policies:
Business Technology Investment Program (BTIP)
* Required:
Council approval...
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