Appointment of the Audit Selection Committee – No Funding Required

1:01:58Mr. Steinwater. Uh Mr. Chairman M You approved C twenty nine this morning, the appointment of the audit selection committee. I I wanted to make it clear to both the board and the and the more importantly, the constitutionals. This is based on a very strange statute which requires the elected officials to serve. So while the motion that was passed said or designees, the statute really says that it's

1:02:29the electeds that have to that have to perform that duty unless they designate a non-employee to serve on their behalf. I don't know why the legislature feels that A deputy clerk is not as good as a non- but that's what it says. So I'm just just throwing that out there for clarification that that it's unfortunately it's the the Elected officials that serve on

1:02:59that audit selection committee, and it's something that's statutorily required.

1:03:05Is there some change that we need to approve or

1:03:07I Technically the motion follows the statute. It's just that because it says or designee, I wanted to make and the the memo is clear. It says that it can't be an employee, but I just felt it was necessary to re-emphasize that

1:03:23right

1:03:23that because it is it is normal for The sheriff to send it to the right-of-way. a colonel or a major or the you know So Um not in this case.

1:03:37Right. Mr. Steinsnyder, I read the statute too. And um there is a provision that you know provides or designee. And then there's another provision, I think it's subsection C, that says the county cannot have. a um an employee as their designee. It doesn't say the constitutionals. However, when I looked at GFOA's best practice, their best practice, even though it's not a mandate, provides that to have the elected

1:04:07official or a designee that is a non-employee.

1:04:11Yeah. Unfortunately we got guidance from the legislature, legislative staff that it it applied to both the elected both the constitutionals and the Board of County Commissioners. So that's

1:04:22not with a little closet, but okay.

1:04:25At all?

1:04:26That's it. All right. Thank you. Madam Clerk.