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Finance &Technology

 Commenced a review of the Contract Module in our Financial System to facilitate improved efficiencies and reporting;  Continued to develop our new Financial System, upgrading the

 Managed business risk through an Enterprise Risk Management Program within Surrey; and  Along with Legal and Engineering through three Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) decisions , successfully challenged the rail crossing indemnity and insuring agreements that had been in place for decades and changed the law on this issue across the country.

processes, adding Accounts Receivable functionality and continuing with overall process efficiencies;

ENVIRONMENTAL  Continued to improve E-Finance services such as e-billing, invoice submission, electronic fund transfers;  Continued to promote electronic T4 distribution;  Continued to promote e-invoice remittance and e-payments for venders;  Implemented CaseWare Working Papers for producing electronic year- end financial working papers, resulting in a significant reduction in paper usage;  Implemented a solution enabling digital paystub delivery to all outside City employees, resulting in a significant reduction in paper usage;  Successfully transitioned to a new insurer for the City’s property risks achieving better rates for the City’s growing building inventory; SOCIO—CULTURAL  Continued training key staff on the new financial system offering various sessions throughout the year, focusing on different areas of the system;  City of Surrey was recognized as one of the top 7 intelligent communities in the world by the New York based think tank ICF;

 Through the City’s energy efficient printer fleet, along with sustainable practices like duplex printing and scanning, annual print volume decreased by 27%, energy use and GHG emissions reduced by 47% (84,000 kWh and 0.76t CO2e respectively), paper use reduced by 10.2 tonnes (duplexing saved 1.12M sheets of 20lb paper), and toner waste reduced by 7.2 tonnes through the use of environmentally friendly resin- based ink; and  Launched JoinMe collaboration to promote webinar meetings.

 Provided superior customer service and expert advice to internal and external customers along with assistance and financial advice to Surrey associations and non-profit organizations;

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