Staffing constraints have limited us to auditing areas required by statute. But they're not necessarily areas where the most money is spent. This year we are doing our first payroll audit. With adequate staffing we can audit high-risk areas like payroll every year. Expand the quality management program and export it to other County offices.
People tend to see only their department.
They don't realize how inter-related the departments are. A quality management program would get us all on the same page. It will require us to develop figures that look at our finances from three viewpoints. It will allow taxpayers to see not only how their money was spent, but also how their money was not spent. If officials keep taxes low by failing to repair the infra-structure, it will show.