County work session agenda on Monday, highlight item: Discussion on how to approach resolution of the Treasurer’s issues
Executive Summary from Barkhuis:
Attached are two emails I recently sent to the State Auditor's Office outlining my issues with "Clallam County," I have previously forwarded these emails to the BOCC, with hyperlinks to the various referenced documents.
My goal is to discuss and resolve these issues publicly and collaboratively with the BOCC. As such, it is my intent to present each of the various issues identified in the attached emails (and others as they come up) during upcoming BOCC work sessions and meetings, and to engage the BOCC in robust discussion of how to resolve them.
The following letter was sent to the state Auditor office from the County Treasurer on Sept. 16th:
l'm following up on our conversation in which you indicated that the SAO is declining to find non-compliance with the
non-budgeted expenditure of 5L.3 million in ending fund balance reserves that was made from the BOCC's Opportunity
Fund during 2015.
ln declining to find non-compliance, you:
o Referred me to the "Budget Compliance" section in the SAO BARS Manual
o Pointed out that the actual Opportunity Fund expenditures for 2015 did not exceed the $10,290,155 in listed
"Expenditures" for the Opportunity Fund in the "ADOPTED - 2015 CLALh spreadsheet.
ln my opinion, the only way the SAO can decline to find non-compliance is by, among many other things, lgnoring the fact that the $10,290,155 expenditure amount reflected on the adopted budget for the Opportunity
Fund is inconsistent with the SAO's own "basic rules of accounting and financial reporting" as well as the specific prohibition at RCW 36.40.120;
lgnoring the fact that the post mortem results for the Opportunity Fund show that the St.g mill¡on in additional expenditures listed on BM#13 were paid from budgeted ending fund balance reserves, and not from the
"Transfer to Carlsborg Sewer Project" line as claimed on BM#13; lgnoring the fact that Administrator Jones admitted that he signed, approved, and processed BM#13 with the intent and knowledge of making Sg million in "ending fund balance reserves" available for spending, even though he claimed otherwise on BM#13 itself as well as in a number of other official reports and statements.
" ln my opinion, Administrator Jones' usurpation of the BOCC's budgeting and spending powers is ultimately motivated by his goal to be in the powerful "tit-for-tat" position to facilitate (or not) the stealth (or not) payment (or not) of claims alleging official misconduct by certain Clallam County public officials. Not so coincidentally then in hindsight, these claims of official misconduct (in the Lange and Faser cases) seem to involve some of the very same public officials who have supported and defended Administrator Jones in his "may or may not be correct" interpretations of law and fact, and in his unrelenting harassment and bullying of the Treasurer, all as described in more detail in my previous email below, and in emails to follow"---Selinda Barkhuis
See agenda for more details: http://clallam.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=2&event_id=8&meta_id=2528
Editorial Comment: It's never a dull moment with the County Treasure, Selinda Barkhuis, this is the latest installment of the continuing drama between Barkhuis and the County Administrator, Jim Jones Jr. Who she is trying to have fired.
During their regular meeting on Tuesday, the County will consider: Resolution from the Treasurer’s Office to increase the base budgets of the Advance Travel, Flexible Benefits, and Workers Compensation bank accounts
Due to errors on the part of the County's Third Pafi Administrator for Workers Compensation, our US Bank account has had substantial negative amounts twice in the last six months. This reflects negatively on the County and affects our bank standing. After additional research of bank statement Ending Fund Balances it would be prudent to also increase the base balance of the Flexible Benefit and Advance Travel funds
See full Resolution: http://clallam.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=2&event_id=113&meta_id=2482
See full agenda for next Tuesday: http://clallam.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&event_id=113
County to hold special meeting on sewage rates in Sekiu Sept. 28th
Pursuant to RCW 42.30.080, the Board of Commissioners has called a special meeting
beginning at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at the Sekiu Community Center, 42
Rice StreeÇ Sekiu. The meeting is being convened to hold a public hearing on proposed changes to Clallam County Code Chapter 13.04, Clallam BaylSekiu Sewerage Rate Schedule, to increase fees. Additionally Clallam Bay/Sekiu Community Advisory Council will be meeting to discuss community reports.
http://websrv7.clallam.net/forms/uploads/ci20160922154737.pdf
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