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Auditor finds faults -

City auditor Carlyle Shepherd is not happy. with some of the
things it found when carrying out this year’s Interim report on the
city’s accounting records and systems.

Among problems detected were inaccuracies on pipe inventories
at the public works yard, the lack of a formal system for accounting
for all blank cheques and the payroll department's lack of informa-
Lion om ‘holiday pay and banked time remaining for [ire department
employces.-

Company accountant John McMynn also expressed concern. aboul
the failure to fill -out purchase orders for all city purchases. “We
found that this policy was not being followed for invoices under
$250 and was only being moderately followed for i invoices between
$250 and $2,500," he said,

Noling purchase orders were in many cases being issued after the
goods and invoice had been’ received, McMynn added, ‘This
defeats the purpose of a purchase order system."’

Meanwhile, council has awarded Carlyle Shepherd a new “contract
to continue as the city’s auditors until the end of 1997. It had been
low bidder at $10,100 plus GST compared io the $11,500 offered
by McAlpine and Co.

No study grant yet
Council wants more information before it decides whether to
came up with $10,000 for a study on post- secondary education i in
the, community. .
The request comes from the Terrace University Access Couinel
(TUAC) which wants to set up a special commission to examine the -
roles of Northwest Community College, the new University of
Northern British Columbia, the Open Learning Institute. and-
southern B.C, universities in providing higher education for people
here,

It would also decide what type of program was best for the cily
and which instilulion should provide it

TUAC had said it hoped to raise a further $4,000 through private
donations which would cover the remainder of the estimated study
cost.

However, aldermen last week accepted a finance committee
recommendation.a decision be postponed until TUAC can produce
more details on study costs and what other organizations will be
contributing towards those costs.. ' .

Budget gaps need filling

The finance committee has been asked to look into three capital
expenditures made this year which were not covered in the budget,

Ina memo to council, treasurer Keith Norman explained the items
were $17,540 on paving behind the Happy Gang Centre, $14,500
on: paving the alley behind the post office and $1,444 travel cx-
penses incurred checking out possible designs for the proposed new
animal shelter.

‘Predicting the city’s operating budget would again finish with a
‘surplus, Norman suggested that moncy be used to pay off all or part
of the capital expenditures.

He also asked the commitice to consider using the surplus 10 pay
for the $182,000 Kenney St. paving project which was originally ta
have been covered through short term borrowing.

‘Driveway variance sought

Acouncil committee will consider a request from Hardev Manhas
to waive building regulations covering where driveways can be lo-
cated on a property.

Manhas wants 1o build five four-plexes on vacant land at the
comer. of Scott and Sparks. However, the lot layout and back yard
setback requirements mean the driveway-parking arca will have to
. be Jocated outside what’s defined as the allowable buildable a area.

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