Dunn County facilities staff reported a planned vacancy and several ongoing park and facilities projects, and outlined an interim plan to cover accounting duties while the county moves to a new SAP system.

Facilities staff said Mercedes, the department financial specialist, will be leaving and the department will temporarily spread her duties across existing staff including Brady and Jackie while the county implements its new accounting system in March. "To bridge that gap in the interim while we're waiting on a few things, myself, Brady, Jackie from transit, and the finance team are going to bridge the gap and take on a few of these roles that are currently done by her," the facilities speaker said. The department estimated about $9,000 in savings if the vacancy is not filled until January.

Staff also reported parks work and capital maintenance: a successful countywide clean-sweep event (83 vehicles participated), electronics recycling with longer waits, progress on park power upgrades (4 of 16 sites completed), and new roof and window work at the Caddy Woodlawn pump house. Facilities said it is compiling documents and square footage data to issue an RFP for the Judicial Center HVAC renovation and emphasized that the building is occupied and any work will require a phased approach.

On budget, facilities presented actuals through September showing parks about $207 over budget year-to-date and the overall facilities group roughly 4.5% favorable (about $57,000 fund balance) through nine months.

Provenance: facilities and parks report begins at 36:11 and continues through the financial report and capital updates around 52:35.