It took seven months to get it completed, but the Pinehurst City Council accepted the city’s 2015-2016 annual audit Tuesday evening. Rick Shell with the accounting firm of Carr, Riggs, & Ingram made a presentation about the audit to the City Council.
Pinehurst City Administrator Robbie Hood credited City Secretary Debbie Cormier for her efforts to get the audit completed successfully. Cormier provided the auditors with all the information requested, and it was all accurate. Hood added, “I am very happy with the progress that we’ve made over the course of a year and a half.” Another accounting firm failed to produce the audit by the agreed deadline before Carr, Riggs, & Ingram was contracted to do it.
The City Council also approved switching 911 emergency alerting systems. Pinehurst Police Chief Fred Hanauer made the recommendation of changing 911 servers from Blackboard to Swift Reach. The chief said he liked the Swift Reach system because it was more user friendly and could be accessed by his i-phone or his laptop computer. He believes Swift Reach can be used by multiple departments in Pinehurst including the water, municipal court, and the police department. Hanauer suggested, “I think if we utilize this to its potential we can do a whole lot better in collecting our unpaid fines.”
Hanauer indicated the first year of the new system will not cost Pinehurst even a dollar. The cost in subsequent years should be about the same as the previous system which was in the $260 range.
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