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Finance Division Accolades and Accomplishments

Accounting Department
The Accounting Services Department received the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Certificate of
Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the last 32 consecutive years and the Association of School Business
Officials (ASBO) Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting for 26 consecutive years.
Budget Department
The Budget Department received the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) Meritorious Budget Award for the last
six consecutive years and the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Best Practices in School District Budgeting
for 21 consecutive years.

Enterprise Resource Planning and Payroll Departments
In FY23, the Online Absence Management application was made available to all District employees. This application allows
employees to request an absence directly in PeopleSoft Self-Service. These absences are posted directly on the employee’s
timesheet in PeopleSoft and provide efficiency for all District employees.

The PeopleTools technical upgrade was completed successfully and met the target date. A new streamlined testing
methodology compressed the project timeline and saved users hundreds of hours on user acceptance tests. The Enterprise
Resource Planning (ERP) team also made various enhancements to the PeopleSoft system to aid HR in completing the
hiring process more efficiently.

Purchasing Department
The National Cooperative Procurement Partners, part of the Florida Association of Public Procurement Officials, presented
the “Above and Beyond” award to the Director of Purchasing for strategic sourcing efforts and rising to the challenges
during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Florida Legislature increased the maximum dollar amount for projects and studies classified as continuing contracts
under the Consultants Competitive Negotiation Act (CCNA), and the Construction Purchasing Department solicited new
proposals to take advantage of the increased thresholds and to decrease overall project timelines for projects that qualify
as CCNA. The School Board approved the Design & Construction Management at Risk Services award under continuing
contracts totaling $111 million. Eighteen of the twenty-six firms awarded, or 69%, are School District Certified Small
Business Enterprise (SBE) vendors.

In addition, Construction Purchasing went out to bid and awarded nearly $19 million for Design Services contracts.
Twenty-three of the twenty-nine firms awarded, or 79%, are School District Certified SBE vendors. Contract awards for
Construction Management at Risk Services totaled nearly $244 million, and of those contracts, six of the fifteen firms
awarded, or 40%, are School District Certified SBE vendors.

Risk & Benefits Management Department
The American Heart Association (AHA) recognized the School District of Palm Beach County as a “2022 Gold Level
Workforce Well-Being” employer for successfully implementing a quality workforce health and wellness program. The AHA
developed this scorecard-based recognition program to help employers evaluate the culture of health and wellness within
their workforces to identify gaps and determine how their progress stacks up against peer organizations. According to the
AHA, studies have shown that workforce health and wellness programs that are well-designed, fully implemented, and
rigorously evaluated can lead to better employee health, productivity, and retention. The District shares its Gold Status
ranking with other large school districts including Hillsborough, Duval, Nashville Metro, and private sector employers,
including The Breakers, Johnson & Johnson, and Delta Airlines.

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