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Library audit: court says third-party audit RFP drew no bids; county to contact firms
Summary
Saline County officials said a county ordinance requiring a third-party non-governmental audit of the library produced no responses to three RFP postings; staff will solicit bids directly and expect responses by late April or May.
During announcements the judge and justices updated the court on efforts to secure a third-party non-governmental audit for the county library board.
The court said an ordinance passed last year requires a third-party audit of the library; county staff posted requests for proposals (RFPs) three times without receiving any responses. The judge said staff will shift to contacting accounting firms directly to explain the work and solicit bids, noting that the current time of year (tax season) complicates responses.
"We've put that out for RFP three times without response," the judge said, and added that county officials expect to have an organization selected by late April or May. Justice Bisbee, identified in the meeting as the library liaison, confirmed that reaching out to firms directly is the next step.
Court members said they did not want the lack of responses to be interpreted as apathy and that county staff had performed due diligence on the RFP. No vote or ordinance amendment was recorded at the meeting; the court recorded the plan to solicit bids directly and report back.
The item follows an ordinance requirement; no specific firms, contract amounts or timelines beyond the April/May estimate were provided in the meeting transcript.
