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MRSC has joined with Tracey Dunlap, Director of Finance & Administration at the City of Kirkland, Mike Bailey, Finance Director, City of Redmond, Glenn Olson, Deputy County Administrator, Clark County, and Angie Sanchez, Principal, FCS GROUP, to bring you the "Finance Advisor" column. The "Finance Advisor" will feature a new article each month with timely local government finance information and advice you can use.*

This page contains the current and all previous Finance Advisor articles:

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

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2005


Mike Bailey is currently the Finance Director for the city of Redmond. Previously he worked as Administrator of Finance and Information Services for the city of Renton and as the Director of Finance for the city of Lynnwood. Mr. Bailey also served as president of the Washington Finance Officers Association and is the Vice Chair of the GFOA Budget Committee. An experienced CPA and GFOA budget reviewer, Mr. Bailey co-founded the annual Budget and Fiscal Management Workshops held each summer. Mr. Bailey conducts numerous workshops and has authored various articles on local government finance, including Effective Budgeting in Washington State Cities published by the Association of Washington Cities.


Glenn Olson is the Deputy County Administrator for Clark County. He has been in Clark County since 1997, serving in various leadership positions during his tenure there. Previously Mr. Olson served 15 years in the Governors Office of Financial Management overseeing budget forecasts. Mr. Olson chaired the Washington State Public Works Board for Governor Locke. Currently he is the gubernatorial appointee representing local governments on the Select Committee for Pension Policy and on the Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Plan 2 (LEOFF2) Board, and he is the president of the Washington County Administrators Association.


Tracey Dunlap, P.E. is the Director of Finance & Administration at the City of Kirkland. Prior to joining Kirkland in 2006, she was a principal and shareholder in FCS Group, a regional financial and management consulting firm (14 years). An industrial engineer registered in the state of Washington, she has worked with jurisdictions throughout the Northwest to develop and implement cost recovery and fee strategies, set utility rates, and improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Tracey's experience also includes working for a large defense contractor (5 years) and a major financial institution (3 years). She has presented on a wide array of topics for organizations including WFOA, APWA, APA, WABO, and AWC.


FCS LogoAngie Sanchez Virnoche is a principal and shareholder at FCS GROUP, a consulting firm specializing in public sector financial, economic and management consulting. Angie has provided financial utility business advisory services to municipalities since 1993 for water, sewer, solid waste, storm water and electric utilities. Her project work includes multi-year financial planning, cost of service studies, conservation based rate design development, capital/infrastructure planning, funding alternatives, cost benefit analysis, and community education and involvement. Angie has presented at numerous conferences and workshops throughout her career on topics related to financial management and rate-setting including WFOA, ERWOW, WAPUD, NWPPA, WOW, AWWA, PWC, WASWD.


*The Articles appearing in the "Finance Advisor" column represent the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Municipal Research and Services Center.

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