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Elgin extends contract with Gradient for hands-on finance work as interim manager warns of a long recovery
Summary
The Elgin City Council on Tuesday authorized work authorization No. 2 with Gradient Leadership Solutions for hands-on financial and audit-preparation work after the interim city manager described extensive, long-running accounting and budgeting challenges.
The Elgin City Council on Tuesday authorized work authorization No. 2 with Gradient Leadership Solutions, a firm assisting the city’s finance team with budgeting and audit preparation.
The interim city manager told council Gradient has been performing hands-on work “as staff” to help untangle longstanding accounting and budgeting problems, prepare for recent and upcoming audits and assist with the budget. She said the issues are more extensive than initially anticipated and that full recovery could stretch for years.
“We’ve just about come to a way forward certainly on the budget,” the interim…
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