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Commission presses staff on budget-book errors; tables new budget software purchase
Summary
After citizens and Commissioner Christy Bittner flagged discrepancies between the submitted program budget and the adopted state certificate, staff said spreadsheet formula errors and late audit entries caused the differences; the commission tabled a ClearGov software purchase pending competitive review and approved a budget calendar for 2027.
Commissioners spent the bulk of their Feb. 10 meeting examining how the city’s program budget book diverged from the adopted state budget certificate and what corrections are needed before the next budget cycle. Citizen auditor Christy Bittner pressed staff for line-by-line answers; staff said formula errors in the program budget and ongoing audit entries produced the apparent $2 million differences between the documents.
Missy, a finance staff member presenting the responses, said the city produces three versions of its budget book: a draft submitted in July, a revised submitted book presented in July, and the final…
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