Dubois County officials say staff are training on new financial software; go-live planned next month

Dubois County commissioners were told staff are training this week on a new financial software system and expect to "go live next month," a county staff member said during the board's reconvened regular session.

The staff member who described the rollout as being conducted in a "sandbox" test environment said the vendor and county representatives are "learning the program and confirming" settings during training. "We're in the sandbox. We'll go live next month," the staff member said.

Commissioners did not take formal action during the meeting; the update served as an operational notice that the county is transitioning accounting systems. No budgetary figures, vendor names or specific go-live dates were provided during the discussion.

The exchange indicated the training is occurring this week and that the county plans to switch to the new software next month. The board did not vote or issue a formal directive in the session on how remaining migration tasks should be handled.

The meeting record shows no additional details about contingency planning or the expected impact on vendor payments, payroll or public records access. County staff did offer to provide more information in future meetings, but no follow-up timeline or reporting requirement was specified before adjournment.