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Councilman urges action on San Andrew’s PSD agreement; city to begin external audit
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Councilman Casimir Waring said the city’s financial arrangement with San Andrew’s PSD amounts to “taxation without representation” and called for resolution; staff said the city retained an external auditor and the audit will start next week to review figures from both sides.
At the close of the April 27 Committee on Real Estate meeting, Councilman Casimir Waring raised a longstanding concern about the city’s financial agreement with the San Andrew’s Public Service District and urged the committee to act.
Waring said the arrangement effectively requires Charleston residents to pay more than they recover under the PSD agreement and characterized it as “taxation without representation.” He told the committee the PSD collects substantially more relative to the city’s receipts and said he wants the matter resolved for the benefit of city citizens.
A staff member responded that the city retained an external auditor to review the figures for both the city and PSD and that the audit scope has been developed; staff said the audit work will begin next week and that the committee should expect a report when the review is complete.
Next steps: Staff will proceed with the external audit and report findings to the committee; Waring indicated he expects the city to pursue remedies based on the audit’s results.
