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Residents press city on audits, claims and street-closure fees; manager explains audit timing and fees
Summary
Residents asked the commission for clarity about a claims line for planters, the city's audit schedule and forensic-audit history, and street-closure fees. City Manager Grant Gager said the audit contract runs about $34,000 annually, auditors were on-site recently, and that special-event street-closure fees are set in the adopted schedule.
At the Livingston City Commission meeting, members of the public pressed staff for clearer financial accounting and audit information and asked where certain expenses and services are recorded.
What residents asked
- A commenter noted a $2,000 claims line described as planters and asked whether the city owned the planters, who paid for them, and where they were stored. - Another resident asked how frequently the city is audited, who selects the auditor and whether a forensic audit had ever been performed.
City manager response
City Manager Grant Gager replied that the specific planter invoices were…
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