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Finance director flags years of misallocations, says city must tighten controls
Summary
Monica Hofstetter told the Sunnyside City Council she found misallocated payroll, missing purchase‑order use and incomplete grant invoicing dating back several years; she recommended PO system training, written procedures and reallocating investment interest to capital and contingency accounts.
Finance Director Monica Hofstetter told the City Council that prior budgets contained repeated misallocations and inconsistent accounting practices, hindering a clear fiscal picture for 2024 and 2025. She said the state auditor recommended fixing cost allocations and using a cost‑allocation equation rather than ad‑hoc percentages.
Hofstetter described several specific problems: payroll entries assigned to incorrect GL codes, enterprise…
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