Ashland Public Water Quality Report

By: Ernie Wren

There are many types of audits that a municipality must go through to ensure that public safety and accountability are maintained. Some go very well, others do not. For example, the City of Ashland, Missouri Schedule of Findings and Responses from an independent financial audit for year ended April 30th, 2021, found that, “State statute, Chapter 67, requires that each political subdivision is prohibited from expending public monies unless those expenditures have been authorized as provided in Chapter 67. The City’s actual expenditures in the General Fund, Street Fund and Capital Project Fund exceeded final budgeted expenditures by $1,809,042, $169,721, and $61,947, respectively. The final budgeted expenditures were compared to actual expenditures. Actual expenditures exceeded budgeted expenditures in the General Fund, Street Fund and Capital Project Fund by $1,809,042, $169,721, and $61,947, respectively. The City violated state statute RSMo 67.” and recommended that, “The City should ensure actual expenditures do not exceed budgeted expenditures in any funds.”. This brought about changes which are being overseen by new City Administrator Kyle Michel. But what does this have to do with water?

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