Monday, November 24, 2008

pool audit needed

Perhaps the audit committee is being lauded for creativity and imagination in the performance of their duties. Honestly, all of the people on that committee work FOR the CITY Manager. They are NOT CPAs or accountants and ALL depend on Gym for their jobs! We need an independent outside audit of the City, starting with the pool, with real forensic accountants and CPAs. Perhaps this will be provided by the State Dept of Revenues, or the State Attorneys office. The pool data has been real helpful in breaking down which people are using our pool facility, in what numbers, and when. Good documentation will be needed by those doing an honest audit in the future. Can it be that the City Manager has NO contract with MDAC and receives NO revenues for their use of our pool 6 days a week, or for meets? Or is it more likely that money is taken in but NOT recorded, or reflected anywhere? To NOT charge for the use of the pool would be defrauding the residents of monies they rightfully deserve, no? To charge for the use but pocket it or NOT have any record of it as revenues received would be grand theft, right? To obligate and guarantee a $200,000 loss to the residents by keeping the pool open during the school year for a handful of Springs residents, may not be criminal but it IS incredibly poor management and judgement, and fiscal insanity during these very difficult times for everybody else. Sound familiar? It SHOULD.

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