ANOTHER MUNIS UPDATE

 

I have put together a chart of the anticipated dates for the conversion of MUNIS from TRIO to be completed.  The Chart is below:

 

                                                         MUNIS SCHEDULE

 

MODULES                                                                            COMPLETION DATE

1.        Accounting/General Ledger/

           Accounts Payable                                                October 1, 2018

2.        Cash Management                                             October 1, 2018

3.        Project & Grant Accounting                    October 1, 2018

4.        Purchase Orders                                                 October 1, 2018

5.        Accounts Receivable                                          October 1, 2018

6.        General Billing                                                     October 1, 2018

7.        Payroll with Employee Self Service                  April 8, 2019

8.        HR Management                                                 April 8, 2019

9.        Animal License                                                     February 1, 2019

10.      Business License                                                  February 1, 2019

11.      Central Property File with the CAMA Bridge  TO BE ANNOUNCED

12.      Tax Billing                                                              TO BE ANNOUNCED

13.      ME Tax Lien                                                           TO BE ANNOUNCED

14.      Tyler Cashiering                                                    February 1, 2019

15.      Utility Billing                                                          7-8 months

 

KEEP IN MIND THAT FUTURE DATES ARE ONLY ESTIMATED DATES!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

The town is paying $79,761.00 tax dollars a year for this software package.  The contract started March 1, 2016, so the first nineteen (19) months; the town paid for MUNIS and receive absolutely no benefit from it because it was not operational.  So this means the town wasted nearly $160,000.00 tax dollars and you wonder why taxes continue to go up every year.

 

Mrs. Lydia Colston, Finance Director, has been tasked to implement this program above her normal duties.  It would appear that Eight (8) out of Fifteen (15) modules have been completed.  On March 1, 2019, the contract will be three years old and we are half way through the implementation.  So far the town has been paying our tax dollars for software not yet functional.  I want to make this perfectly clear; Mrs. Colston is doing a remarkable job and should be commended at every chance.  However, the fact our tax dollars are being wasted because the town is not receiving the full benefit of MUNIS in which we are paying for.

Before the town and the taxpayers can receive the full benefit of this package we are paying for; it must be completely implemented and fully operational.  MUNIS is basically a financial software package.  The taxpayers are paying $79,761.00 per year for a software package that does not include the Recreation, Public Works, Fire, Police, Water and Sewer Departments.  Each of these departments has their own software packages to run their operations.

 

Each day that goes by without MUNIS completely implemented and fully operational, the town is wasting taxpayers’ dollars.  It is almost guaranteed that the Town Manager is going to ask for more increases this year and the Town Council will approve them.  This will raise our taxes again. 

 

Call you Councilors and the Town Manager and tell them to stop wasting our tax dollars. Also tell them to start looking for ways to save tax dollars and reduce our taxes.

 

Larry Fillmore