I've been reading the documents provided to me by the Town of Christiansburg concerning the 2008 document. In this audit report, I found pages 40 and 41 most interesting.These pages point out some concerns about the Towns finances that Town Council members should begin addressing NOW...before it is too late.
Additionally, note that the auditor's report, although a public document, contains the following disclaimer: This report is intended solely for the information and use of Town Council, management, and state and federal awarding agencies and pass through entities and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. I'm not sure why that is appearing on a document that is public access, but it could certainly raise some confusion in some situations.
I have added a new webpage to the citizen's webpage I maintain for citizens interested in learning more about government and 'Town Business'. This page:
Audit and Finance Information contains a copy of the 2008 audit (the other 4 will be added as soon as I can get them done) and multiple links to documents concerning what is legally required to be reported, updates to that criteria. There is also a copy of the proposed contract with Virginia Tech on the Aquatic Center although that is missing the attachments noted in the agreement (still waiting on those).
*** Just in: Per Randy Wingfield (planning dept.) Mr. Terpenny (town manager) advised there are no attachments, that phrase was simply added in case there were any.****
These should provide some handy resources for anyone interested in finances and possibly some of the town staff who currently don't know why it is necessary to do some of the things that they do. Happy reading.
Don't forget the Aquatic Center Agreement with Tech is on the same agenda on Jan. 6, 2009.Now, were was I in that historic district overlay report? hmmm...back to work.