The bad: Even after being able to review the results of the audit, someone still tries to accuse past and present staff members of fraud, malfeasance, misfeasance, and nonfeasance.
The good: Former City Manager Bill Moss, Former Finance Director Bill Harrison, and all city employees, past city councilors and all city staff members should feel vindicated. As predicted by myself and others no fraud, no misappropriation of funds as indicated in that infamous transition report.
The discovery: Procurement policies should be looked at. Upgrades to the accounting software need to be implemented. The finance department needs an additional upper level staff person. The finance department has been operating short handed since adding additional accounting responsibilities (Septic Tank Replacement Program), the water and sewer acquisition, the Collier Boulevard Project, the of replacement of bridges, etc., etc.).
To say that there were no mistakes made would be wrong. However, when you have a finance department that is seriously understaffed, making mistakes becomes a greater possibility. Former council members, the former city manager and the former finance director proved to be good stewards of our monies who perhaps were excessively conservative in adding staff.
Wayne Waldack
Marco Island
Catch of the Day: May 23, 2013
May After Five, Marco Island Chamber
Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group
Comments » 5
happy6 writes:
hey wayne...are you nuts? if they did not have the staff to adequately do the job then they should have asked for help...or stopped some of the projects..but they pressed on....now, as to whether there is complete vindication...did you read the same report i did? i did not see where anyone was nidicated, rather they were not called out as crooks...that's about the end of it.
how in the world can you say "good stewards" pf our money...you are one piece of work.
MarcoJimbo writes:
You gotta love the (s)elected councilman's response to these findings. 1:Upgrade the software (spend money). 2:An additional upper-level staffperson (spend more money). If that doesn't work, I'll bet he's got yet another plan to spend even more money. There's nothing like having the best government money can buy.
playballonK writes:
Jimbo: Nicely done with the ole'(s) in front of elected, brilliant!
OldMarcoMan writes:
Reading Wayne's letters are like watching a Chimp play with a loaded gun.
At worst he shoots you at best he shoots himself.
Geehs, I want to stop reading him, but he's hypnotizing.
happy6 writes:
and he's pitiful.
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