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Letter To The Editor:\u00a0This statement was made by the Brigantine Taxpayers Association during the public comment portion of the last City council meeting on August 5, 2015.<\/p>\n

We urge you to settle the issue of the expired public union contracts, by arbitration if necessary. The fact that these employees continue to receive the generous and unsustainable salaries and benefits agreed to by previous administrations is an affront and burden to taxpayers and in sharp contrast to today\u2019s economic realities.<\/p>\n

Again, we urge you to adjust\/eliminate in the new contracts those provisions covering longevity, unused sick and vacation time, overtime, the amount of the employees\u2019 health insurance payments, wage increases and number of steps.\u00a0 And, taxpayers have a right to know what\u2019s in the proposed contracts before Council votes on them.<\/p>\n

Some information about the 2014 audit of the City\u2019s finances and serious charges of, in general, mismanagement of the City\u2019s financial affairs have been made public. This has helped to create a misleading and incomplete impression of the way these matters have been handled. Clarification and correction are in order.<\/p>\n

We’ve compared the City\u2019s auditors\u2019 (2 ) recommendations and required corrective action plans for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014. A corrective action plan has not net been prepared for 2014. This is a political issue in the sense that it concerns government. Unfortunately, it\u2019s also being used as a partisan issue since it covers years when Council was controlled by the Democrats (2013, 2014) and when Council was controlled by the Republicans (2012) and now again in 2015. \u00a0Auditors have also changed with the current one appointed by the Republicans, as he had been for 2012, doing the audit for 2014 when Democrats were in control.<\/p>\n

The 2012 audit\u2019s Corrective Action Plan, done by a Democrat-appointed auditor in 2013, lists four significant findings covering non-compliance with state laws governing local public contracts, the City\u2019s cash management plan and its general ledger accounting system.\u00a0 There were two findings in the 2013 audit, both of which repeated two of those in 2012.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s obvious that both parties and their administrations, with either a full-time or part-time chief financial officer, share responsibility for problems and deficiencies in the City\u2019s financial accounting system. The current Council\u2019s goal and responsibility are to exercise its oversight duty and correct them to achieve a perfect audit for 2015. As an example, Atlantic County government has repeatedly done just that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Brigantine Taxpayers Association, Anne H. Phillips, president<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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