WVML Press
State Auditor’s office has partnered with graduate accounting students at West Virginia University to help monitor the finances of small, local municipalities across the state.
State Auditor J.B. McCuskey hopes the program, which launched with 36 students as a pilot program earlier this fall, will help small, cash-strapped governments meet state financial requirements cheaper and easier.
“The state doesn’t have any more money, the cities don’t have enough money and we don’t have enough people — nor can we hire any more people, because we don’t have enough money,” McCuskey said. “So what’s the solution, right? We tried to find a way to get these audits done that didn’t cost any more money, and our best solution was to go to the universities for help.”
Read more: State Auditor, WVU partner to monitor finances of small governments
NLC City Summit Mayor Steve Williams who challenged more than 3,000 city leaders during his first of three panel presentation on Opioid Abuse.
“Don’t Ever, Ever Doubt your Ability to Change the World” he said. What an Ambassador for WV and it’s municipalities.
Mayor Steve Williams was on at the NLC Conference City Summit *Wednesday, November 15th at 1pm- Mayors Challenge to end veteran homelessness, *Thursday November 16th at 8am- Discovery Channel and DEA, Operation Prevention, Thursday November 16th at 3:00pm – Panelist, Building and Preserving Affordable Housing in Transitioning Markets.
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