The Sherrill Park Municipal Golf Course of Richardson contract, including vendor accounts, and practices should be audited by an outside independent auditor given the unusual situation with the set up and unanswered questions about it. I do not see any valid excuse for not doing so. It has never been appropriately audited. Information reveals that at least one council member in 2009 asked for it to be properly audited, pointing to the dollar figures apparently involved exceeding the sole discretion of the City Manager. The City Council, Mr. Keffler, and Mr. Glanton should do the issue justice, which they did not in my opinion with the so called reveiw. There has never been an audit because the information was never opened up to do one. They should do the right thing and put all the golf course financials and information on the books because it is tax payer money and resources being used.The golf course arrangement where Mr. Glanton makes more than the City Manager;
Repairs are needed at the facility
other things just like this are issues, like
the employee/non-employee retirement benefit arrangement that was cast with Mr. Sproull at the REDP (open records request was rebuffed because he was supposedly not an employee when it came to that, but he sure was when it came to benefits);
the sick leave approved / not really approved beyond the one year policy taken by Mr. Keffler but then extended by Mr. Keffler to select staff too;
double dipping of auto usage, auto pay allowances, using fleet cars;
not putting all accounts on the public reports
not using full accounting to apportion salaried staff time spent on events, like Wildflower! to accurately report tax payer costs (to benefit analysis)
the UTD land lease / land un-lease / lease different land, arrangement...
these are examples where it is tax payer money and interests being used, so tax payers have a right to know about the finances and status of these compensation arrangements and policies, up front, and clear.
