Charter review panel considers forensic audits, citizen oversight and merging ethics functions
Commissioners debated adding forensic-audit language to the Home Rule Charter, strengthening citizen oversight and whether to merge the ethics and charter boards; one commissioner cited a past $83 million overpayment to a utility as rationale for tighter controls.
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Commissioners on the Reading Charter Review Commission spent the bulk of their Dec. 18 meeting debating whether the city charter should require periodic forensic audits, strengthen citizen oversight mechanisms and clarify appointment rules for boards and commissions.
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