Committee forwards favorable recommendation to reappoint Cambridge city auditor Joseph McCann

The Cambridge City Government Operations and Claims Committee voted to forward a favorable recommendation to the full City Council to reappoint Joseph McCann as city auditor after a public review of his three-year tenure and the office’s responsibilities.

Committee members questioned McCann about day-to-day operations, staffing and planned upgrades to accounts-payable systems. McCann described an office responsible for weekly bill payments, financial reporting and oversight of payroll and school department payments, and said the department is pursuing automation and federal clean-energy tax credits.

The recommendation matters because the city auditor is one of three officials appointed by the council and provides independent financial oversight of city accounting, payments and annual financial…