Weekly Reflection: Three

    I learned a lot in this last week. I mostly worked on the OBRA retirement project and on finishing up the tailings list in order to lesson the overall variance in the system. I learned how to re-issue the manual checks in the Treasurer’s office with Joanne instead of issuing them through Sue in the Auditors Office. I also sat down a few times this week with John Turner from Nationwide to finish out my OBRA project. In the beginning, John gave me a list of 800 names that needed addresses and by the end I found 430 so he will be able to close out those people’s accounts with Nationwide, which is a good thing for both the individual and Nationwide.
    For the most part I liked what I was working on this week. I thought it was very cool to be able to find most of the variance in the system at Easthampton and be able to say where the money belonged instead of having it missing. This week, Melissa and I lessened the variance by more then 60%. I think that I was asked to work on finding the variance in the system because one wants the variance to be at zero going into a new fiscal year. One is allowed to write off some of it but only a couple thousand dollars. I was asked to do the OBRA retirement project because it was a project no one in the Treasurers Office had time to do so it was a perfect chance for me and Nationwide to work together. There were no big surprises in the office this week and everything went as planned.
    I had a fun last week at Easthampton City Hall. It was a great experience that I was able to take advantage of. I got to learn tons of new things to carry with me into college and even later in life. I met a lot of cool new people and got to see behind the scenes in a local government office. I had a lot of fun and will miss being there with everyone.