2024 Budget In Brief.pdf

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The Finance Department’s mission is to professionally and responsibly manage the financial affairs of the Village, to protect and further the Village’s strong financial reputation and to effectively and efficiently provide related support services to Village residents, as well as other operating departments and decision makers of the Village. We commit to anticipate, meet and exceed the service needs of the community, decision makers and fellow employees. In 2022, the Finance Department went live with Tyler Munis Financials software system after over a year of planning and preparation. The Finance Department will be rolling out Tyler Munis Payroll and Time and Attendance software at the end of the first quarter in 2024. We successfully shifted accounts payable invoice entry from a centralized entry to decentralized, resulting in better workflow and internal controls. We reorganized the department with the cashier team and utility billing team reporting to the Financial Services Manager, and the Assistant Finance Director more focused on back office processing. The 2023-2027 utility rate study was completed in 2022. With the implementation of ClearGov in 2021, the Finance Department was able to transition to a digital budget book in 2022, which includes detailed information on the capital improvement program. In 2023, the Finance Department launched the ClearGov Checkbook which allows more transparency to the public on Village expenses. 5 he Village QSFQBSFT Popular Annual Financial Report T (PAFR), BOE IBT SFDJFWFE GJWF 1"'3 BXBSET JO UIF MBTU TJY ZFBST 5IFTF SFQPSUT GPDVT on providing financial information in a transparent manner that can be understood by non-accountants. The Village of Orland Park has again been awarded the GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award. This is this highest recognition given by the association for budget presentation. To qualify for this award, the Village’s budget document is judged to be outstanding as a financial policy document, operations guide and communications device. In 2023, the Village of Orland Park completed the water meter exchange program by updating over 16,000 water meters throughout the Village. This project replaced aging meters and prepared the utility billing system conversion to the new Tyler Utility Billing program.

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