GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — The city's audit firm has recommended that Grand Island add an internal auditor.
The recommendation was part of the findings in the fiscal year 2011 audit, to be presented by Almquist, Maltzahn, Galloway & Luth to the Grand Island City Council on Tuesday night.
"This is an issue that has been discussed internally and will be brought forward as a recommendation during the 2013 budget process," Finance Director Jaye Monter said in a written response to the findings.
It's not the only staffing need for the department, Monter said.
She said last week that after being appointed as finance director, one of her first priorities is to get the Finance Department fully staffed.
"The biggest challenge that I'm going to face ... is we need to get our staff up to full speed," Monter said. "We haven't had a full-time finance director for over a year now."
City Administrator Mary Lou Brown was serving as city administrator as well as finance director from December 2010 through September 2011, when Monter was named interim finance director on top of her duties as senior accountant.
The auditor gave no specific reasons for recommending that the city have an internal auditor.
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