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1200N COUNTY-CITY BUILDING PHONE 574.235.9216 <br />227 W. JEFFERSON BLVD. FAX 574.235.9928 <br />SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601-1830 <br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND, IN JAMES MUELLER, MAYOR DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE <br />FROM: Dan Parker, City Controller <br />Date: January 5, 2021 <br />RE: 2020 Year-End Purchase Order Rollover <br />Part of the City’s year-end process includes rolling forward purchase orders that were created in the prior year <br />and need to be maintained in the new year. This process is in accordance with Supplement 106 and Supplement <br />406. <br />When the City tested the purchase order rollover in the DFO TEST Environment to roll 2020 purchase orders to <br />2021, a number of PO’s (41 in total) were not rolled forward correctly and which had a variance between the <br />actual encumbrance remaining on the PO and the encumbrance that was rolled forward in DFO’s BRE. In <br />investigating this issue with Crowe, it was discovered that these PO’s (all of which were partially invoiced) had a <br />variety of issues related to how invoices were posted against the PO’s. Crowe engaged with Microsoft in an <br />attempt to solve the issue. However, due to time constraints and the need to reopen purchasing and accounts <br />payable for 2021, the City elected not to wait for Microsoft’s solution and instead to simply liquidate the <br />problematic PO’s and recreate them as new, standalone PO’s. This ensured that budget was brought forward <br />correctly, and that these new PO’s were available for future invoicing. <br />The table below crosswalks the old PO number to the new PO number: <br />Old PO# New PO # Vendor Vendor Name Amount Remaining on PO <br />PO-0000071 PO-0006572 V-00001639 SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE 174,858.19 <br />PO-0000100 PO-0006573 V-00001309 PLEWS SHADLEY RACHER & BRAUN 2,241.11 <br />PO-0000187 PO-0006574 V-00000161 AUNALYTICS INC 10,930.00 <br />PO-0000233 PO-0006575 V-00001417 RITSCHARD BROS INC 19,065.00 <br />PO-0000292 PO-0006576 V-00001383 RECAST CITY LLC 4,800.00 <br />PO-0000524 PO-0006577 V-00001059 MAY OBERFELL & LORBER 4,532.12 <br />PO-0000542 PO-0006578 V-00000161 AUNALYTICS INC 1,661.09 <br />PO-0000555 PO-0006579 V-00001933 WETZEL LYNN 3,346.13 <br />PO-0001108 PO-0006580 V-00001604 STEINER AARON 45,205.33 <br />PO-0001691 PO-0006581 V-00003099 SOUTH BEND WATER WORKS 2,630.27 <br />PO-0001988 PO-0006582 V-00003262 Ahmed Makki 37,113.55 <br />PO-0003246 PO-0006583 V-00000153 AT&T 2,737.44