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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. B.i.
For Meeting of:August 2, 2021
ITEM TITLE: Introduction of Jennifer Ferrer-Santa Ines, Director of Finance and
Budget
SUBMITTED BY: Robert Harrison, City Manager
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
Jennifer Ferrer-Santa Ines has been appointed as the City's Finance and Budget Director on
July 26th, and most recently served as the finance director for the City of Normandy Park,
Washington. She had worked for the City of Normandy Park since February 2015. Before that,
Ferrer-Santa Ines was a senior fiscal coordinator for the City of Tukwila from 2009 to 2015 and a
fiscal coordinator for Tukwila from February to October 2009. She was an accountant for the City
of Burien from 2003 to 2009 and was an accountant for the Highline Water District in Kent from
1999 to 2003.
Ferrer-Santa Ines earned a bachelor of science in accounting degree from Central Washington
University in 2002 and a master in accounting/finance degree from City University in 2006. Ferrer-
Santa Ines is the past president of the Puget Sound Finance Officers Association, a member of
the Local Government Investment Pool Advisory Board, and a member the StART Federal
Policy Working Group. She earned an International City/County Management Association
certificate in 2020 and is a 2021 graduate of the Northwest Women's Leadership Academy, a
program of the Washington City/County Management Association.
As Yakima's finance and budget director, Ferrer-Santa Ines will oversee a staff of about 35
employees in the Financial Services, Purchasing, and Utility Services divisions. The total budget
for the City's Finance and Budget Department in 2021 is about$4,200,000.
ITEM BUDGETED:
STRATEGIC PRIORITY:
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL BY THE CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDATION: