After thirty (?) years with Maher Duessel, the Mt. Lebanon School District is changing auditors! From Monday's
Discussion Agenda:
Audit Services Bid – Every three years the District requests bids for audit services for the annual financial audit. This audit covers all of the District’s funds and bank accounts and is required by law. The low bid was from Zelenkofske Axelrod LLC at their bid price of $19,500 for year one and $19,900 for year two. The Superintendent recommends Zelenkofske Axelrod LLC the Audit Services contract as the lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications.
Also, it looks like the school district is moving away from a three year contract and going to a two year contract. KUDOS School Board Directors! I am so happy with all the changes that you are making which were long overdue!
Audit Services Request for Proposal – Every three years the District requests proposals
for audit services for the Independent Certified Public Audit of the District’s finances.
This year four companies responded to the request with prices in the first year ranging
from $19,500 to $24,000, $20,475 to $24,825 in year two and $21,499 to $25,650 in
year three. While all firms have experience in auditing governmental entities and
public school districts, only two reference CAFR audits where the school district
attained ASBO’s Certificate of Excellence Award. Maher Duessel is the lowest cost of
those two firms. Since their work with Mt Lebanon School District has been
exceptional in prior years, we are recommending continuing their contract for another
three years. The price quoted for their audit including the CAFR work is $23,550 in
year one, $24,150 in year two and $24,750 in year three. The superintendent
recommends approval of this action. (Does that make it thirty years with the same outside auditor?)
Update 3:42 PM I know that the Rock Pile discussion scheduled for Monday is the most pressing issue to the sports people, but there will also be a discussion for a non-profit fundraising drive. Again, moving in the right direction! So many positive steps under this new administration. YAY!
Non-Profit Fundraising Drive – The Board will discuss this matter.
An FYI,
Upper St. Clair School District is moving forward with a renovation for their high school. They want to REMOVE A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, build an eight lane pool, build a special-use swimming pool, build a multi-use complex at the stadium which includes district offices, a single structure at Boyce Middle School for dressing rooms, restrooms, concession stand, and announcing booth, new electrical service from Truxton Drive; stadium light pole relocations and upgrade; visitor’s-side bleacher refinishing; new stadium scoreboard and sound-system; rock excavations per soils report; fencing along Washington Road; expansion of restroom counts to comply with Allegheny County requirements; and parking lot paving at Boyce field.
FOR $22.65 MILLION.
It’s time for Lebo to start turfing Middle School fields like the leaders out in USC. Thanks for the heads up Elaine. We’ll bring that up at Monday’s school board meeting
ReplyDeleteFor a $113,000,000, we got a bridge, a pool, Vajayjay Drive, new central offices, but no turf at the stadium or Rock Pile or Mellon or Jefferson, no tennis courts, no rifle range, no new roof, no scoreboard, no press box, and no refinished bleachers. Do you understand now, 9:20 PM? When you bring it up at Monday's meeting, make sure you mention what USC is getting for $22.6 million.
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Be careful what you wish for -- that auditor worked for a City in Lawrence County that had rampant stealing going on while they were conducting the audits for years -- and the audits never indicated there was an issue.
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