Beaumont Audit and Finance Committee Meeting December 11, 2017

Nothing’s Changed with Internal Controls. What’s the Point of Another Cash Management ‘Policy’ Among Crooks?

The only changes in the December 11th Audit from the November 28th Audit is the amount of the Securities are Changed and the amounts penciled in on the November 28th Audit are on permanent on the December 11th Audit.

Item 2. FYE 2015/2016 Draft Audit Report: https://beaumont.civicweb.net/document/10430/Item%202.pdf?handle=1E14956C6B2746B68F8E0A60F8F3C9E6

Nothing’s Changed in regard to Internal Controls.

Item 4. Internal Control’s Audit: https://beaumont.civicweb.net/document/10432/Item%204.pdf?handle=C3B7E0DCB2E144A99E3F52FED38D48FF

The City has gone through the motions of establishing policies, but policies mean nothing when there’s no honest staff to implement the policies.

Item 3. Finance Department Policies – Cash Management & Cash Receipts: https://beaumont.civicweb.net/document/10431/Item%203.pdf?handle=E133F06751A042D380CB94787648AE4A

Source:

Libi Uremovic - patch.com

Relevant Issues

A Clear Conflict of Interest
The City of Beaumont's contract with Urban Logic presents a significant conflict of interest and therefore must be terminated.
Favoritism and Cronyism
The City of Beaumont, under Urban Logic and City Manager Alan Kapanicas, has consistently demonstrated favoritism and cronyism in the awarding of pubic contracts.
Cost to Taxpayers
Urban Logic's contract with The City of Beaumont which allows it to profit from each approved development, along with their on-going practice of awarding high-dollar public contracts to a small group of friends and associates instead of to the lowest bidder, have cost Beaumont taxpayers millions.
Impact on Existing Businesses
The policies of Urban Logic and City Manager Alan Kapanicas ignore the needs of existing businesses in favor of new development and big box stores.
Quality of Life
Urban Logic and City Manager Alan Kapanicas have damaged our quality of life by failing to uphold high development standards, depleting local resources, making local government less accessible to residents, and by destroying the small town feel of the City of Beaumont.
Tactics
Urban Logic protects its ability to extract money from the City of Beaumont at all costs, resorting to intimidation and threats when necessary.