Finance director: ERP implementation near completion; training and reporting next steps

Crook County Finance Director Christina O'Harean told the board that completing the countywide ERP implementation is the finance department's top priority and will be followed by department training and improved reporting.

"Our number 1 priority is to finish our ERP implementation and the subsequent departmental training that's gonna go along with that," O'Harean told commissioners, adding that the core finance module is expected to be complete late in fiscal year 26 and payroll implementation is targeted for mid‑FY27 to avoid running two payroll systems simultaneously.

Finance staff have relaunched monthly budget-to-actual reports and plan to document internal controls and procedures for the new ERP. O'Harean said the department expects to complete the FY25 audit after a state delay and will implement government accounting standard changes, including machine-readable reporting requirements (XBRL), in coming periods.

She acknowledged a period of overlap when both old and new systems will run for several months to validate postings and reporting, and said the county will not pay double licensing during the transition because of the vendor upgrade arrangement.

On budget figures, O'Harean said the finance department had spent about 45% of its general-fund budget at midyear, with internal service fees recorded elsewhere and not shown in the finance department's general‑fund reporting. Commissioners asked about the timing of training for other departments; O'Harean said departments will be brought online after the fiscal-year transition.