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(9) <br />I. BACKGROUND <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />The City of Santa Ana (City) is an economically diverse urban area in Orange County, California <br />with a population of more than 300,000 residents. The City has a Council -Manager form of <br />government with a voter -approved City Charter, six by -ward Council Members, and one Mayor <br />elected at -large. The City has approximately 1,600 full-time employees who provide policing, <br />right-of-way maintenance, water utility, land -use planning, affordable housing assistance, a <br />homeless shelter, parks and recreation, a zoo, and library services; as well as internal <br />administrative support services such as information technology, finance and human resources. <br />The City contracts out for fire protection services, ambulance, animal control, and trash removal. <br />More information about the City's structure and services can be found in the narrative section of <br />the annual budget document found here: https://www.santa-ana.org/budget/. <br />A. Fund Structure <br />The following funds and account groups were presented in the City's Fiscal Year 2022-23 <br />Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR): <br />Fund Types/Account Group <br />Number of <br />Individual <br />Funds <br />Number of <br />Funds on <br />ACFR <br />General Fund <br />22 <br />1 <br />Special Revenue Funds <br />42 <br />8 <br />Capital Projects Funds <br />47 <br />7 <br />Debt Service Funds <br />3 <br />2 <br />Enterprise Funds <br />9 <br />7 <br />Internal Service Funds <br />13 <br />9 <br />Private -Purpose Trust Funds <br />3 <br />1 <br />Custodial Funds <br />10 <br />3 <br />B. Finance Department Operations <br />The Finance Department is headed by the Finance Director and consists of approximately <br />63 full-time and 15 part-time employees. The Department is responsible for Treasury & <br />Customer Service, Purchasing, Budgeting, Payroll, and Accounting. <br />The accounting functions are computerized using Lawson Infor software. The applications <br />operating on this system include, but are not limited to: <br />• General Ledger, <br />• Accounts Receivable, <br />• Accounts Payable, <br />• Project Accounting, <br />• Grant Management, <br />• Purchasing, and <br />• Asset Management <br />City of Santa Ana RFP No. 24-009 Page 3 of 37 <br />