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Paper-heavy vendor payments
Summary
Chair Brown highlighted how Soil and Water and other agencies exchange dozens of small paper checks with county Finance, costing staff time. The push is toward ACH electronic payments, which Finance says it's already moving toward.
At a glance
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Last discussed Jul 14, 2026.
Impact analysis
💰Financial impact
Staff time savings, not dollars directly — roughly 15 minutes of handling per paper check.
✅Who benefits
Clerical staff at Finance and partner agencies who currently match, copy, and mail paper checks.
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