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!■ Shown above at the Thursday, January 2, 2020 Carroll County Commission work session left to right are Chairman Michelle Morgan, District 3 Commissioner Tommy Lee, and District 2 Commissioner Clint Chance. Morgan told members of the board they were not to bring up certain questions about the county’s finances at work session meetings, to which both Chance and Lee objected. Photo by Sue Horn TRANSPARENCY from front page District 4 Steve Fuller, District 5 Ernie Reynolds, and District 6 George Chambers. The county’s finance director Alecia Searcy presented the financial recap stating that “revenues were strong” and the county is “$4 million ahead in cash of last year . . and will exceed our budget.” She added that “department heads are a doing a good job of maintaining expenses.” Chairman Morgan then asked if there were any questions from the board for Searcy. Commissioner Ernie Reynolds, who is a retired auditor from the Georgia State Deprtment of Audits, said he had “a couple” of questions. In particular, he asked if there was a solution to remedy the lateness of some invoice postings to the county’s monthly financial reports as this can produce an inaccurate financial picture for individual months. Reynolds said, “Some of the postings of, I guess you call it accounts payable, were tun ning late. . . the postings we [commission board] are seeing don’t represent a true pic ture of all the bills. So, I just wondered if there is a reason for those running late? Or is there something we need to do to catch those up?” Searcy answered that “at this point, we are caught up. . . that’s one of the downsides of not running a full accural accounting system. . . we post our payables when we get them. . . in a full accural system, you would go ahead make that accrual at the end of the month. But, in governmental accounting, you don’t do it that way. That’s a downside of doing our accounting. If vendors are get- See PUBLIC MEETINGS page 3 FLAT ROCK i I IK H 1 V M £ Jacob Boyd Realtor Your Local Choice In Real Estate Cell: 404-569-9077 email: jacobboydflatrock@gmail.com www.flatrockrealty.net EXPERIENCE UNITED From your first account to your retirement and every milestone in between, our team at United Community Bank is with you every step of the way. We care deeply for the customers we serve—and provide you with the tools you need to achieve the future you've always imagined. Visit us today and experience United. CARROLLTON | 119 Maple Street | 770-833-9608 VILLA RICA | 485 West Bankhead Highway | 770-459-3100 DOUGLASVILLE | 6670 Church Street | 770-942-5681 United Community Banks Member FDIC. © 2019 United Community Bank | ucbi.com
