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Hopewell charter change to clarify treasurer and finance duties fails to report after members raise concern
Summary
A House subcommittee considered HB 2283, a Hopewell charter amendment to clarify the director of finance’s duties and the elected treasurer’s role; after testimony the motion to report failed on the record in the provided excerpt.
A House subcommittee heard testimony on HB 2283, a proposed charter amendment for the City of Hopewell that would clarify the responsibilities of the city finance director and the elected treasurer and encourage accreditation practices for the treasurer’s office.
Delegate Talcott Coyner, the bill’s patron, told the subcommittee the amendment is “a really important amendment for our city.” Coyner said Hopewell has repeatedly struggled to obtain clean audits, has been on the Auditor of Public Accounts list of localities unable to produce clean audits, and has spent more than $3,000,000 engaging outside assistance to correct financial controls. “This is what needs to happen,” Coyner said, describing reconciliation and oversight failures, security and fraud risks and fund-management breakdowns the city has attempted to remedy.
City manager Dr. Manker (identified in…
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