County administrator says Lake County ERP project entering end-to-end testing; new finance director introduced

County Administrator Patrice Sutton briefed the Lake County Health and Community Services Committee on July 29 about the county’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation, saying the project is entering end-to-end testing and will combine complex grant, payroll and procurement processes into the new system. Sutton also introduced Regina Tucciuk as the county’s new chief financial officer and director of finance.

Sutton described the work as the “messy middle” of the implementation and said staff are moving from unit testing to testing entire business processes. The goal, she said, is to improve grant management, financial reporting, audit compliance and payroll integration across departments. “There’s a messy middle to every single one of those. And we’re in it,” Sutton told the committee.

Why it matters: county leaders said the ERP affects every department that handles payroll, grants and procurement and will change some long-standing business processes. Sutton said human resources and finance have staff augmentation in place to support the transition and that department employees are contributing to testing and configuration.

Sutton introduced Regina Tucciuk, who recently joined the county as chief financial officer and director of finance. Sutton said Tucciuk has begun onboarding and will take time to become familiar with county operations.

Committee members noted the scale of the change and thanked staff for the ongoing work. One committee member said the update helped the board understand the time commitment staff are making to the project.

No formal committee vote was required for the update or personnel introduction.