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Debate over report access to county financial system highlights auditor’s authority, data‑security concerns
Summary
Committee members debated granting a member report‑only access to the county’s financial system (CIC). The county auditor and committee legal counsel said the auditor determines access; members urged collaboration and review of report options rather than unilateral changes.
Committee member Craig Bridal asked May 30 for the ability to run reports directly from the county’s financial software (CIC) to build rolling monthly trial balances and other analytical extracts.
Bridal said having report access would let him extract a trial balance by month, link prior‑year and budget numbers in Excel, and create dashboard‑style views to speed committee review. He characterized the work as “trying to help the auditor’s office” by identifying the data tables…
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