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Weed & Pest back on track

Audit gives clean bill of health after accounting issues

When Paul Stille of Leo Riley & Associates presented this year’s county audit, it once again included reference to an issue within the Weed & Pest department that suggested operational difficulties severe enough to have caused a “near complete breakdown in the accounting process”.

However, he was quick to note that the issue has now been solved and only appeared in the audit because the timeline spilled over into the fiscal year of 2021-22.

“This will be gone this year,” he said.

“Last year I came and met with you about the problems that there were some things happening there a...