And They’re Sticking To It
Here’s a piece of info that should make it abundantly clear to everyone in IRB that we just might be being hosed.
Those who attended the November 13th commission meeting witnessed firsthand the commission’s approval of another surprise $300K prior-year revenue adjustment. It was revealed that Rob Garner, a hired outside consultant, is the guy who found the need for this adjustment back in April.
That’s interesting…because discussions with Garner about preparing the Sewer & Solid Waste Fund Analysis didn’t even occur until MAY…as evidenced by city e-mails obtained through a public records request. At that point in April when Garner supposedly flagged this discrepancy, the only task he had been hired for was a “Budgeting 101” tutorial to educate our commissioners about the budget process.
So, how did Garner find this error before he was even hired for the task? And, if he found it in April, why didn’t the commission take action to approve the adjustment until seven months later?
The bigger question is why isn’t city staff or the commission squaring up with us? Why aren’t our commissioners piecing this info together themselves and asking similar questions? It was Commissioner Kennedy who asked the question about who found this error…which was a damn good question. Too bad she was given a b.s. answer. At least she got an answer…which is more that can be said for the rest of us.
Maybe it’s that yowlers aren’t entitled to answers? Those who want answers may want to think about puckering up and smooching posteriors.
Nancy Obarski
Beach Trail/IRB
Here’s a piece of info that should make it abundantly clear to everyone in IRB that we just might be being hosed.
Those who attended the November 13th commission meeting witnessed firsthand the commission’s approval of another surprise $300K prior-year revenue adjustment. It was revealed that Rob Garner, a hired outside consultant, is the guy who found the need for this adjustment back in April.
That’s interesting…because discussions with Garner about preparing the Sewer & Solid Waste Fund Analysis didn’t even occur until MAY…as evidenced by city e-mails obtained through a public records request. At that point in April when Garner supposedly flagged this discrepancy, the only task he had been hired for was a “Budgeting 101” tutorial to educate our commissioners about the budget process.
So, how did Garner find this error before he was even hired for the task? And, if he found it in April, why didn’t the commission take action to approve the adjustment until seven months later?
The bigger question is why isn’t city staff or the commission squaring up with us? Why aren’t our commissioners piecing this info together themselves and asking similar questions? It was Commissioner Kennedy who asked the question about who found this error…which was a damn good question. Too bad she was given a b.s. answer. At least she got an answer…which is more that can be said for the rest of us.
Maybe it’s that yowlers aren’t entitled to answers? Those who want answers may want to think about puckering up and smooching posteriors.
Nancy Obarski
Beach Trail/IRB
1 comment:
How did this occur? Simple, Schless has been outsourcing his workload for a long time. That means the taxpayers have been paying double and maybe triple what was budgeted for who knows how long.
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