Since 2011, the City’s Financial Statements and Audit Report have been submitted to the State after the June 30^th deadline. Below sets out an aggressive audit strategy for completing the FY2017 Financial Statement Audit by June 30^th of this year and meeting the State’s submission deadline.

In order to accomplish the plan laid out above, the following has been or will be put in place:

• 1 of the 2 open positions for Accountants in the Finance Department have been filled.  The person brought on board has a strong accounting background and will play a vital part in assisting the Finance Director with getting audit requests done.  Finance hopes to fill the remaining position very soon and is actively interviewing candidates. 

   

• Historically, the majority of my time, from March – June, has been dedicated to Budget planning and preparation.  Finance will contract with a firm to provide budget preparation assistance, so that my time can be dedicated primarily to the audit during this period.  I will still oversee the Budget Process; however, this contracted person will assist with the tedious data entry that tends to be very time consuming. 

   

• The Assistant Finance Director will be delegated more operational responsibilities as it relates to day-to-day tasks and overseeing staff in both the Accounting & Budgeting Division and the Billing & Collection Division, which is her primary responsibility within the Department any way.