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Committee asks commission to consider repeal of 1981 financial-management act, advances finance director recruitment plan
Summary
The Sumner County Budget Committee voted to send recommendations to the full commission about repealing the 1981 financial-management act and instructed staff to pursue a national search for a new finance director with budget requests for a search firm and transition overlap.
The Sumner County Budget Committee voted to recommend that the full county commission consider repealing the private 1981 financial-management act and to pursue a separate vote on provisions tied to the county—————————————————————— 2012 act, while staff pursues legal opinions to clarify which statute governs county financial operations.
The statute question matters because committee members said it affects who hires and oversees the county finance director and whether county financial statements must be consolidated with other entities, such as the school system. Committee members asked the county law office for a written opinion and for CTAS and other legal views to be documented before the commission acts.
Committee members discussed the legal…
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