The Official Unofficial Minutes of the Board of Aldermen
I had a baseball conflict (Mboy) and could not attend, these notes are a compilation of info gathered from those in attendance.
Glen Miller, Miller Management
Mr Miller, principal of Miller Management, presented the official findings of the 2007 audit (last year of York administration). His firm has conducted audits of cities, non-profits, churches and fraternal organizations for the last 19 years. Here are some of his comments.
"(WL audit is the) best audit from his staff he has ever seen"
"Great financial records, easily accessible"
"Staff very cooperative"
"Management committed...ran a tight ship....followed all laws, policies and procedures"
Mr Miller pointed out a few minor recommendations for improvement and with little discussion the BOA voted (4-0) to accept the audit findings.
Audit Committee Charter
The BOA considered the Audit Committee(AC) recommendations for its charter. (Kind of bass ackwards in the sense the Committee has already reviewed the 2007 audit and presented to the BOA last month.) (You might recall the AC voted to accept the 2007 audit) One of the modifications of the charter is the AC will make recommendations to the BOA regarding audit, it will not approve/disapprove of audits, that is the purview of the BOA.
There was a spirited discussion regarding the need for a sunset provision for the AC. Final vote (4-0) decided to place a 5 year sunset provision on the AC.
More notes to follow.
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4 comments:
Mike, did the notes you got and Mary Hoy's description of the audit come out of the same meeting?
Here's how she described it in her email: "They provided us with a template to monitor our progress on the several recommendations they made. They provided many more commendations, than recommendations. But to continue to improve the quality of our management of your funds we will try to address their recommendations.
It sounds like there are still issues to solve. Not the "best they've ever seen" perspective. Or does she need to say that to save face?
I was at the meeting and actually Miller DID say that he personally asked his internal team "what am i missing here, because there doesn't seem to be many problems....." his internal team replied "there isn't anything missing" and Miller stated that they place WL at the top of their "done well" list.
The recommendations were minor in the big scheme of things.
I don't get Anon #1's question. Blog and email seemed to suggest the same outcome. Am i missing something?
Anonymous Sept. 5, a.k.a., Alan York,
You should know since you provided the notes for Mike.
to 9/6 - wrong.
mary, and probably you, have been part of that whisper campaign that there was something wrong with the city finances and can't help but try to put a negative slant on it all. move on.
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