Maybe I’m sensitive about the question because I was McHenry County Treasurer as a child way back from 1966 to 1970. As you might guess, the question is arising in Grafton Township as the four trustees try to garner the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Audit
Yesterday, I started a series about the Grafton Township audit by Eder, Casella & Company on outgoing Township Assessor John Rossi’s last year in office. Astonishingly, the firm sent it to his successor, Linda Moore, and asked her to sign … Continue reading
The Grafton Township Board did not select the low bidder to perform its audit last year. It picked Eder, Casella & Company out of McHenry. The firm’s transmittal letter has some pretty stiff comments, which I’ll outline below. On top, … Continue reading
Who will make the first reportable campaign contribution to eventually-to-be United States Senator Roland Burris? In his press conference today, Burris said, “Let me get in and raise some money to pay for all we’ve been doing.” Burris, who is … Continue reading
Who will make the first reportable campaign contribution to eventually-to-be United States Senator Roland Burris? In his press conference today, Burris said, “Let me get in and raise some money to pay for all we’ve been doing.” Burris, who is … Continue reading
Huntley School District 158 got its audit results for last fiscal year ending June 30th last week. That’s about two months after the final budget was prepared and approved in September. But where is District 300’s Audit? Try finding it … Continue reading
Huntley School District 158 got its audit results for last fiscal year ending June 30th last week. That’s about two months after the final budget was prepared and approved in September. But where is District 300’s Audit? Try finding it … Continue reading
Where? You won’t be surprised to find out this is about Huntley School District 158. Those were the numbers that were talked about as errors as a result of the 2007 audit. If you think an audit reassures residents that … Continue reading
Where? You won’t be surprised to find out this is about Huntley School District 158. Those were the numbers that were talked about as errors as a result of the 2007 audit. If you think an audit reassures residents that … Continue reading
Yesterday, I explained how a local government dependent on property taxes could reasonably argue that it needed to keep a bank balance high enough to allow it to get from the end of its fiscal year to when real estate … Continue reading
Yesterday, I explained how a local government dependent on property taxes could reasonably argue that it needed to keep a bank balance high enough to allow it to get from the end of its fiscal year to when real estate … Continue reading
Governments financed primarily by property taxes need to be able to make it to the county treasurer’s distribution date for the first installment When I was McHenry County Treasurer in the late 1960’s, I distributed money every week from the … Continue reading
Governments financed primarily by property taxes need to be able to make it to the county treasurer’s distribution date for the first installment When I was McHenry County Treasurer in the late 1960’s, I distributed money every week from the … Continue reading
So, I went looking for Crystal Lake’s audit at the Crystal Lake Library. As I wrote earlier, it wasn’t there, even though the very same audit included the audit of the library itself. So, over to city hall I went. … Continue reading
So, I went looking for Crystal Lake’s audit at the Crystal Lake Library. As I wrote earlier, it wasn’t there, even though the very same audit included the audit of the library itself. So, over to city hall I went. … Continue reading