One of my Primary goals when I took office as a county Quorum court member was to make sure that the taxpayers money was properly managed. The problem was that there were so many people responsible for the county funds that it was hard to know if each department was handling the money in a way that would most benefit the people of Pulaski County. For this reason I sponsored and passed an ordinance that would require an annual audit of the entire county and ALL of its books and financial records. This to be done in addition to the annual Legislative audit mandated by the state.

This month, I am pleased to report that there is not one audit being performed but there are in fact a total of FOUR audits in progress. They are the state mandated legislative audit, and a separate audit of all the grant funds and accounts, the 9-1-1 audit and finally the County audit that was just recently mandated by the Quorum Court.

Four audits in all, which now makes Pulaski County the most audited and monitored county government in Arkansas. These annual audits will help prevent funds belonging to the people of Pulaski county ending up in the wrong hands or being used for any other purpose than what the taxpayers have expected them to be used for.

Allen Kerr