Clallam treasurer raises spending, personnel concerns
County commissioners suggest executive session as appropriate venue---PDN
Quote from Article posted: “The Board of County Commissioners should not need to revisit these matters,” Peach said before making a motion to strike the agenda item and remove the associated materials from the county’s website.
“We’ve had the opportunity to talk to the [state] auditor, and it would appear that you don’t agree with the auditor’s decision.”
Related story: State audit of Clallam County remarks on opportunity fund grants, veterans fund
The state Auditor’s Office audit for 2015 found that Clallam County commissioners followed policy last year when they awarded $1.3 million in Opportunity Fund infrastructure grants to the port and city of Port Angeles and also made suggestions for the veterans fund.---PDN
Written statement by County Treasure regarding the opportunity fund allotments made last year, responding to the state auditor decision on the matter as shared in the work session packet Monday:
ln my opinion, the only way the SAO can decline to find non-compliance is by, among many other
things, ignoring 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;
o 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, all as discussed in my previous email below.(see full statement)
Editorial Comment: It's never a dull moment with our County Treasure isn't readers.
She not only ignoring the findings of the State Auditor, now she is probably going to contend that the Auditor is in some sort of conspiracy with the county, that maybe the next thing to have happen since the State Auditor found no fault in the transaction regarding the opportunity fund, and didn't agree with Burkius. We all know at least one local media outlet who seems to side with Burkius on all most everything she says. Lately they have been strangely silent regarding this latest chapter of the drama between the county treasurer and county commission, who I am referring to? The Port O Call, they seem to be the County Treasurer's favorite sounding board. Readers, I go every day to these local sources, and thus far not word one on the Port O Call webpage regarding this latest development, why the silence all of a sudden?
So what is next on the agenda of the County Treasurer?
Sounds to me that the County Treasurer is a poor loser in this, don't you think?
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