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Council president warns of sloppy financial practices, says procedural changes will be proposed
Summary
The council president criticized recent municipal financial management—citing unpaid bills that led to utility shutoffs, retroactive donation approvals, incomplete revolving-account information, loans reported underpaid and questions about spending from an account—and said the council will pursue procedural reforms and budget-process changes at the next meeting.
The presiding officer of the Gardner City Council used his closing remarks on March 2 to publicly criticize recent handling of municipal finances and to flag forthcoming procedural reforms.
"I'm not going to sugarcoat this," the council president said, listing a series of concerns: bills that were not paid until utilities were…
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