AG report recommends... Town Clerk, City Treasurer demit office

AG report recommends… Town Clerk, City Treasurer demit office

Jun 29, 2008 News

After several months of intense investigation into the financial affairs of City Hall, the Office of the Auditor General has completed and presented its report, which reveals major improprieties. These findings may see two top City officials having to demit office.
Reports reaching this newspaper suggest that the Council is taking the findings seriously, since it is believed that the removal of the two officials will aid the effective and efficient functioning of the municipal entity.
According to a source close to the municipality, the Auditor General’s Report was presented to the Council last week, and the contents are being guarded and treated as confidential information.
However, this newspaper understands that although the operations of the substantive City Treasurer, Roderick Edinboro, were at the core of the audit investigation, it was discovered that the Town Clerk, Ms Beulah Williams, constantly granted him advances, some of which were without plausible explanation.
It was noted that Williams ultimately supported the City Treasurer in a series of misdemeanour activities, since, from all indications, she did not question or object to what he did.
It was reported that, at one point, the City Treasurer was summoned to clarify the location of a quantity of computers he had paid for, since they were not uplifted to be utilised by staffers of the municipality.
Senior officials at City Hall were tight-lipped yesterday when Kaieteur News sought their comments on the report.
Nonetheless, this newspaper was informed that a special meeting is slated to be held at City Hall on Tuesday, when the recommendations listed within the report will be thoroughly discussed.
City Mayor Hamilton Green, at several press conferences, had voiced his disgust at the appalling way that finances were being mishandled by the Treasury Department, and had repeatedly called for measures to be engaged to address the situation.
On several occasions, also, the Mayor had stressed that the failure of the Council to fulfil its mandate was due to the inept and negligent behaviour of some members of staff.
He had even noted that not even the Mayor and the Councillors seemed to have the authority to discipline such staffers. As such, financial irregularities at City Hall persisted.
However, the commencement of an audit process by the Auditor General’s Office earlier this year saw an initial recommendation being made for Edinboro, the City Treasurer, to be sent home pending the outcome of the investigation.
That action was implemented forthwith, allowing the auditors to comb through the financial history of the municipality and derive their findings.

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