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<br /> <br />Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br />2020 Priorities <br />Priorities include the following: <br />Election Support- 2020 brings in a change to past practice for Election primaries only for Presidential <br />Nominations. This began on January 17, 2020. The 3 election cycles has increased the support <br />requirements for this year by 1/3. Each Election cycle is 46 days where voting is taking place. The time <br />between election cycles have support requirements around hiring and training election judges and <br />attending compliance trainings for our regular staff <br />Census 2020 support- We have provided additional documentation and time towards assisting the <br />county in assuring our citizens get counted. We do not have a large traditionally undercounted <br />population so most of the support is just added reports and verifications of addresses. <br />Fire Contract- Develop a plan for the next version of fire services for the City of Orono. There is a lot of <br />vested interest in Fire services and developing and setting a plan into motion will need to be a priority <br />over the next 2 years. From a financial planning perspective we should have a plan in place by the <br />summer of 2022 to implement the financial requirements of transition to the new version of fire <br />beginning in the 2023 budget. <br />Utility Billing- Transition to a monthly billing schedule to better support cash flow needs and normalize <br />the billing process for residents limiting summer time billing spikes, while still providing high quality <br />service response to the users. <br />Budget and Capital Planning- Continue efforts to normalize capital expenditures and improve funding <br />levels to meet long term goals of paying for capital expenditures without borrowing. <br />Performance Metrics- analyze and develop relevant metrics for all departments. Develop standard <br />reporting schedules and ensure measurements are useful and relevant. <br />Employee handbook- review, revise and adopt employee handbook policy revisions based on law <br />changes, union agreements and best practices. Reformat to accommodate for future changes without <br />the adoption of an entirely new revision. <br />Finance Software upgrades and Process Improvements – Digitization and automation of Accounts <br />Payable Process and the digitization of time sheets submission process. <br /> <br /> <br />