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weekly, monthly and quarterly remittances, reconciliations, required reporting and invoicing, as Report of the well as assisting with budgeting and audits for cost Director of Information effectiveness. The Payroll Administrator works closely Technology Department with each department's payroll entry clerk in order to implement contractual changes to the payroll system as well as provide assistance with the needs of the To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and diverse requirements of each department's payroll. Citizens of the Town of Mashpee We fulfilled our quarterly filing requirements to 2013 was another busy year for the Information DUA under the Massachusetts Health Reform Act Fair Technology Department. We have accomplished much Share Contribution and we continue to meet our in the 10 years that I have had the privilege of working obligation of filing a Health Insurance Responsibility for the Town of Mashpee, and many of the new Disclosure(H.I.R.D.)form with the Division of Health features,enhancements and products we have provided Care and Finance. to our town employees and residents would not have been possible without proper funding and the support The Benefits Administrator coordinated a that our department receives from the Selectmen's wellness fair sponsored by the Cape Cod Municipal office. May I also express my gratitude and thanks to Health Group. A $600 grant through the Cape Cod the Mashpee Cable and Advanced Technology Municipal Health Group was received and used to Advisory Board for their generous support this past promote wellness by offering attendance prizes for year in funding the proposed installation of fiber optic those that participated in the wellness workshop and cable to add additional town buildings beyond the Town the Town's annual open enrollment. Hall, High School, Library, and Police fiber installations that were completed by Open Cape in For the upcoming year, some of our major 2013. Our goal is to participate in the Open Cape fiber activities will be to continue to make every effort to be backbone project which greatly increases our supportive to the administration and employees of the capabilities to pass data,voice,and video between town Town, to continue to be fiscally responsible by our and school buildings and to use our existing wireless involvement with benefits management, payroll backbone as a backup network. processing,assisting with updates within the health and benefit arena, to assist with the implementation of the Department Mission health insurance plan design changes, and to continue to audit and update policies and practices to ensure To provide 24 geographically dispersed compliance with various collective bargaining departments in Mashpee with consistent,cost effective, agreements and continue to adhere to employment and secure connectivity to all current and future laws. information systems. To create an Information Systems infrastructure that provides increased accessibility to I would like to thank the Human Resources Staff information for all citizens of the Town of Mashpee. for their hard work and dedication: Human Resources This includes telephony, local and wide area data Assistant Kimberly Landry, Payroll Administrator networks,e-mail and internet access,network operating Shannon Foss, and Benefits Administrators Cynthia systems, desktop operating systems, anti-virus Banos (who has since transferred to the Conservation protection, firewall protection, anti-spam and anti- Department) and Kristin Nickerson. spyware initiatives, backup and disaster recovery services, software licensing and maintenance, Respectfully submitted, networked printers and other related technology. Kathleen A. Moore Major Activities of the previous Year 2013 Human Resources Director • Provided data processing services to 24 town departments. • Enhanced Sticker Tracker software to support 2014 Transfer and Beach Sticker processes. 100