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Metro Arts Commission audit plan, new finance administrator and budget changes highlighted
Summary
The Arts Commission— staff outlined an audit implementation plan, introduced new finance administrator Capri Harston and reviewed budget items including a one-time $215,000 disparity-study allocation that was not spent and will return to the general fund.
The Metro Nashville Arts Commission's audit and finance committee discussed an updated audit implementation plan, introduced a newly hired finance and operations administrator and reviewed changes to the commission's budget, including a one-time $215,000 allocation for a disparity study that was not used and will return to the general fund.
The audit and finance review matters matter to arts grantees and commission oversight because staff said the work will tighten internal controls for grants, invoicing and contracting and is intended to reduce the risk of payments going out without executed contracts.
Capri Harston, the commission's finance and operations administrator and HR liaison, told the committee she started April 30 and has met with Metro Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Budget and Procurement as part of her onboarding and response to audit recommendations. "I have met with Metro Finance, Human Resources, I've met with legal, budget, procurement," Harston said, describing work to complete required trainings and establish relationships that…
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