At last night's selectmen meeting, the Town Administrator indicated an audit of FY2013 may begin by the end of this month. It seems the Town Accountant rather than the Treasurer/Collector is preparing the debt schedule. Looking at many resources, the debt schedule among other items are the duties of the Treasurer. It would seem to be a better idea to have the Town Accountant to be working on town financial records to be ready for any audits that may begin sometime soon. I believe the Town transferred money at a special town meeting back in November to pay for additional help for the accountant to get these records completed so an audit may happen. Of course money was also transferred from a one time funding source to be put into an account for recurring expenses. This indicates to me we have not learned lessons from past mistakes.

Jeff Bennett