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Council members press for stronger financial oversight and question Miller Park pool scope and cost

5066807 · June 24, 2025
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Several council members called for an audit committee or internal auditor to improve project oversight and raised questions about the scope and cost of the proposed Miller Park pool reconstruction, noting staff memos did not present lower‑cost repair options they had identified.

A group of council members urged stronger, in‑house financial oversight and raised questions about capital‑project decisionmaking after staff presented the Miller Park pool replacement as a full reconstruction.

Multiple council members said the city’s existing annual external audit does not substitute for a council‑level audit function that can perform programmatic and project‑level reviews. One councilmember summarized different audit types and asked the council to restore or reconstitute an internal auditor or audit committee to perform deeper programmatic reviews and quality‑control checks beyond…

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