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By D\ttxta.r. JOHNSON and insulting to honest people. he said
."iu IIFJKIHfhH OF THE 0%WOO t'ouF Finance Director Harr Marlin reported that cutoffs
The ct■ of Winter Springs scored high marks for the are generally triggered by a combination of two things
execution of its October. I993-September:0. 1994 bud- accumulated charges totaling more than$5(1 and at least
. get. according to an audit report presented to the Cuts two months in arrears
Commission Monda■ night b■ the accounting firm of The city currently has almost $85.00( in accounts
Coopers& L■brand receivable from honeow ners. and main of them hay e
The ct■ receiNed a"best opinion" from the auditors. tno\ed without pros iding forw arding addresses or in
which is the same as swing eyer\thing is on track and mans cases. even bothering to have services discontin-
under control.The few discrepancies were minor and arc tied It would cost about $1.(1(u0 each month to send de-
alread∎ being addressed. (unguent customers a second notice. Martin said.
Commissioner John Ferring questioned the cit■ s Commissioners Cind■ Gennell and Day id McLeod
current billing system for water and sewer services also voiced displeasure ON Cr the current system Martin
• .\ dated cutoff warning is pronnnentl■ drspla■ed on replied that he just ordered 100.00(1 blank bills. but will
each new bill sent to a customer. and that is frightening eliminate the warning on future orders
high in ■financial audit
Ferring also asked if the audit had looked into the he will check into it.
pa■meat of franchise fees b■ cables tsron.power and phone Other problems reported in the audit included:
companies He pointed out that these operations are hand- —Two recent incidents in which water meters had
ing the ct■ periodic checks. w hich are purportedly based been read at the wrong time.or not at all.combined with
on fees collected from customers. Do those checks match computer problems that dela■ed billing. were ruled an
the collections? anomaly. not a serious problem likely to recur
Coopers and L∎brand recent( completed such an —During that fiscal year the computer software be-
imestigation in Ocala.checking the cable compam'scash mg used was not capable of handling the information re-
receipts and comparing them to amounts turned over to quired by the city. The software has been updated
the crt■ —Ins entory tags—those metallic strips with serial
The three-week probe cost the cit■ something in the numbers that are nearl■ impossible to remove from an
neighborhood of$6.t)00. object —are currentl■ being applied to all ct■ propert■
Commissioner Cind■ Gennell pointed out that the valued above$200 from chairs to fire engines.The items
Florida League of Cities is capable of monitoring fran- will also be entered into the central computer system for
chise fee turnovers Cit■ Manager John Govoruhk said security and inventory purposes. •
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