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City updates contract with Clarion for interim finance services as auditors continue backlog work
Summary
City staff and Clarion representatives reported progress reducing audit backlog and described ongoing outsourced finance services; commissioners raised questions about long-term staffing versus continued contracting.
City staff and Clarion LLC representatives updated the Safety Harbor Commission Monday on an outsourced finance-services agreement intended to address large turnover in the finance department and to advance delayed audits and budget preparation.
City staff said Clarion began providing CFO-level and senior accounting services to the city on Dec. 1, 2024, after the finance department lost multiple long-tenured employees. The city’s presentation said the firm is assisting with budgeting, monthly reconciliations, accounts-payable processing,…
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