A newly released report from Jacksonville’s council auditor shows several problems identified in past audits still have not been fixed.
They’re changes that would help city operations run more smoothly and with more accountability.
One of those problems was first identified in a 2008 audit.
“So if you read the recommendation, the recommendation doesn’t say that there’s anything wrong or that there’s any violation. They say that it’s unclear and that we should revise the ordinance code to provide additional clarity,” City Council President Lori Boyer said about that unresolved 2008 issue.
Like that fix, Boyer said many of the problems identified in the auditor’s report are procedural, like how the tax collector’s office charges fees for returned checks.
Some of the issues listed in the report are getting fixed.
For example, the report updates council members on a solid waste problem first identified in 2010: Forty percent of cash deposits from the landfill were not getting transferred to the tax collector in a timely manner.
As of January, those deposits have been consistently on time.
One recurring theme in the report was that change in leadership is a common factor in whether city problems get fixed.
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