State Board of Accounts Audit Report - 2007

Posted by John B. Kalb - 11/12/08 @ 9:44 pm - Filed Under City Council, Local Politics

Following up on the subject report #B32815 dated September 29, 2008, today a request was made from to Allen County Prosecutor Karen Richards asking that an investigation and subsequent prosecution be undertaken by her office due to charges itemized in the subject report on page 8 under the heading”Conflict of Interest” and the denial of these charges by Pat Roller, City Controller after the “exit conference” on August 21, 2008. (Her official response is pages 14 through21 of the subject report.)

In addition, Fort Wayne City Common Council President, Tom Didier, was requested to place an item covering the approval by the Common Council of both the original contract dated December 27, 2007 and the revised contract dated in September of 2008 between the City of Fort Wayne and the High Performance Government Network Corporation as per the finding in the SBOA audit on page 10 under the heading of “City Code Section 38.03″  Such finding “recommends this approval BEFORE any additional payments to HPG Network are remitted” (emphasis is mine).

Since the County Prosecutor is the person charged with the upholding of State and State political entities in our county, she must resolve the conflict between Controller Roller’s position and that of the State Board of Accounts.

Also, the City Common Council must follow through on the request of the SBOA.

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6 Responses to “State Board of Accounts Audit Report - 2007”

  1. Stephen Parker on November 13th, 2008 1:42 am

    Hi John,

    I’m a bit confused by your first sentence. Did the request come from Richards or to Richards? Also, there’s now been a revised HPG Network contract? What were the changes?

    Thanks,
    Stephen

  2. john b. kalb on November 13th, 2008 8:53 am

    Stephen - The request was made “to” the prosecutor.

  3. Stephen Parker on November 13th, 2008 9:31 am

    Thanks, John, my apologies. Great job bringing this forward to the citizens!

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