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<strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Auburn</strong> Finance Departmentprocedures and contacts and budget reviewprocedures.♦ Provided training sessions on the <strong>City</strong>’saccounts payable and project accountingprocedures for staff members <strong>of</strong> other <strong>City</strong>departments.♦ Made presentations on the <strong>City</strong>’s biennialbudget process at the national GovernmentFinance Officers Assn. (GFOA) Annual Meeting,at the GFOA <strong>of</strong> Alabama Summer Workshopand at the Alabama <strong>City</strong>/County ManagementAssociation’s Fall Workshop.♦ Developed a standardized invoice summary foruse by all contractors in submitting interim payrequests to provide uniformity <strong>of</strong> paymentcalculations and to expedite paymentprocessing.♦ Developed and implemented a centralizedgrants documentation and tracking procedure.♦ Developed and implemented a procedure forweekly monitoring <strong>of</strong> purchase orderpreparation timeliness.♦ Provided input on the design and layout <strong>of</strong> theWater Revenue Office portion <strong>of</strong> the new Waterand Sewer Complex to be constructed in FY 03.♦ Worked with the Off Campus Association (OCA)to update the agreement between the OCA andthe <strong>Auburn</strong> Water Works Board.Major Functions and Accomplishments♦ Assisted the independent auditors bypreparing ten spreadsheets in addition tothose prepared last year. Year-end closingprocedures were updated and provided to theauditors for their review and suggestions forimprovements. Finance staff efforts resulted inan earlier delivery date <strong>of</strong> the <strong>City</strong>’sComprehensive Annual Financial Report thanin the prior year.Benchmarks Achieved in FY 02♦ Moody’s Investor Services confirmed the<strong>City</strong>’s credit Aa3 credit rating. Standard &Poor’s confirmed the <strong>City</strong>’s AA- credit rating.♦ Moody’s confirmed the Water Board’s ratingupgrade to Aa3.♦ General Fund revenue per capita in FY 02 -$730.23, FY 01 - $701.16, FY 00: $679.02, FY99: $670.70♦ Business licenses issued in FY 02: 4,373 (a3.5% increase over FY 01)♦ Average cash balances as a % <strong>of</strong> GeneralFund operating expenditures: 23.2%♦ Average number <strong>of</strong> utility customers billed permonth: 14,853 (a 3.0% increase over FY 01)♦ Percentage <strong>of</strong> utility billings (water, sewer,solid waste collection) collected: 98.78%136

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