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NW School Board BlogAuditor General's Report on SD#40 Bizco
I have received several calls and emails regarding the Auditor-General's report on the School District Business Company. Most are inquiries as to what the report states and what my thoughts are regarding the report. Let me state out front, that the report corroborates alot of what I, Trustees Goring and Graham, and many members of the community have been saying for years. Just a few random thoughts: It was the lack of information from the Bizco that caused Trustee Jim Goring and I to proceed with a Freedom of Information request for the Business Company. The hoops that we had to go through were appalling, the disrespect and the antipathy substantial. The AG's report confirms that the School Board is, indeed, entitled to the kinds of information that some of us were seeking. As Trustees, we have a fiduciary responsibility to assess and minimize risk to the School Board. The AG's report lays out four areas of concern: 1. Governance Relationship with SD40BC. 2. Agency Relationship Risk. 3. Appointment of SD40BC Board Members. 4. Risk of Conflict of Interest. It will be interesting to see how the Board chooses to proceed with the report. The notion of just moving forward with the recommendations is not acceptable. People need to be held accountable for actions that were taken. As the AG's report identifies, there were many decisions made and actions taken that were ill advised, and many of these were pointed out over the years, and simply, points made were ignored. There are many issues that still remain to be cleared up. Stay tuned. Here's the AG's report. Let me know what you think, or what your concerns are. |
