Remarks by Heather Stancil
195 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 8
- Play at 57:59
“So what do you think about this response? Remote is okay after foundational meeting? Yeah. They do it remote anyway. That sounds good. Okay. The next one, they want to know if they would welcome an addendum for additional optional services. It can't hurt. Sure. Are you okay? Are you opposed to that? Yeah, if they have something that our treasurer, our auditor could use? I mean, it doesn't mean we have to buy it.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Then target budget range, how the heck do we even answer that? what i my answer was no budget has been identified would be open to extending timeline to mitigate cost yeah i didn't know how to answer yes so what do you think about that diane is that okay all right um specific suspicion of fraud yes yes so what What I said was there's ongoing bank reconciliation issues for past several years as well as the other findings in fiscal 24 audit have led to lack of confidence in the books and fear of fraud. Although the treasurer was arrested for matters unrelated to the books, the public deserves…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“yeah and so but that highlights that yeah and this is one of the reasons why i'm concerned about payroll is because there seems to be different definitions on how to handle it so my understanding is once it's appropriate you have to appropriate them the amount of money In the fiscal year, it's appropriated. So say, for instance, you appropriate, we'll just use round number, $100,000 for a salary. That $100,000 has to happen within the fiscal year it's appropriated. So if you're, because of how they do it, sometimes you have, like we're on a biweekly payroll, sometimes it crosses over into the…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 1:01:06
“Right. And other years, I didn't get any. So I don't know if there were different standards applied or something happened. I have no idea. And my concern is that we really need to have a drop-dead explanation of the proper process. Because if it's supposed to be appropriated the same year, And that means we have to adjust how we do our payroll at the end of the year, depending on if it crosses over 50 years. So I think that- I just think it's hilarious.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 1:01:51
“I haven't gotten the whole list from the auditor yet. on that, but I think every salaried employee, that happens. I'm assuming, because you said there's 25. So if it happened to every salaried employee, it has to do with how, because it worked out to be you were a day overpaid or a day overpaid, depending on how they calculated it. Because there was, I think it was 261 days in the fiscal year but obviously only 260 are paid on a payroll so that means there's one extra day floating around all right so what are we doing with this so for that one i would just put payroll you know um as a concern…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 1:04:38
“So I would like them to go back to when we had no bank reconciliation issues. which I think is 2018. Trying to figure out what's different. And move forward as to what was the cause of all these issues. Because I know Heidi had struggled. Shelly had struggled with that and i there's something going on that's causing that that's causing a lot of frustration so i'd like them to look back and see maybe they can see something that is benign but it's causing an issue yeah and also to make sure that expenditures do not go over appropriations because that was another thing that we were dinged on for…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 1:06:58
“Well you know on this one it we talked about bank reconciliation payable workers comp i also want to add because it's additional frustration for kylie is the warrant payment accuracy something's going on that's requiring duplicate that's causing duplicate warrants and i want to make sure that we have figured that out they fix you fixed it i think we have figured it out okay okay it was a human error wasn't it well they created the duplicate i think so yes and we can”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 1:07:37
“We know how to fix it. Okay, so I'll put that as a question mark when we get the three questions together. I think she's got that figured out. Okay, all right. The next one, have any control weaknesses been identified outside the annual audit process? Yeah. So... we have the workman's comp and the payroll and the other thing too is it just popped up recently is the contractor employment documentation so we want to make sure that that is buttoned up because we don't want a finding on that in a future audit yeah so i think we'll have one because of recent events but So the next one is fraud and…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 1:08:55
“So the main thing is we're concerned that because of the other errors that were under her control and the lack of balancing, there might be something else. So does that sound good to you, Diane? It's fine. Reporting, does the county anticipate interim presentations or updates to the board beyond the milestones? I don't, unless you guys want more milestones, I want we're in the honor of Pete. Okay. If the work identifies previously on known accounts, missing records, unexplained reconciled items, unsupported transactions, potential misconduct, what process does the county envision for…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 1:10:42
“Yeah. Or we can finish up these questions and then what I can do is I can update my spreadsheet and send it to all three of you and make sure there isn't any irregularities that wasn't discussed. Diane, are you okay with that? Yes.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 1:11:13
“Yeah, so because we're probably not getting these other questions to them until the end of the week. And they're gonna have to digest that, and then they're not gonna have a lot of time to put their proposal together. So Diane, would you be okay extending rfp adding a week or adding a two week to do that i think two weeks yeah and two months and maybe asking for feedback if they think that's reasonable enough time for them because uh you know i think we should be flexible on that if they think they need more time okay because i don't want the honor of the treasurer to rush through this i want…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 1:12:38
“yes this meeting is being recorded this meeting is being transcribed okay okay um okay yeah some of these are so you said look so given the requirement for title delivery by december 31st has the county completed any preliminary assessment of record availability and readiness that's the question for the treasury yes i mean I would, my first blush is no, but that would be a question for them. Okay. Did I ask the other one a question there? Thank you. Thank you. The other question is number 15. The previous treasurer was arrested, put on bond and waiting trial. Former employees should be…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“OK, thank you, Diane. All right, so and then 17 is about adjusting milestones. i think they all just need to go in line with whatever we extend and then the sealed bids number that was a typo so it's it should be four hard copies four seal bids, not three seal bids, four.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“So that brings us to the DeLuca one. When do we expect our award? Well, originally, it was the first week of September, but if we push it out two weeks, I would say the end of September.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Any business license or certifications? I put no. Are there any requirements for the selected firm or firms to have local or state presence? I put no. Is the forensic work required to be performed in person, virtually, or hybrid? Yeah. Does the county have a specific budget in mind? Yeah. a non-cpa consulting firm firms that employ cpas cfe's and other professionals would they be considered i i said yes but i'm open to the board they're qualified okay that's it for them so the next one is eve bailey they had none of those questions they sent would be board input that's a treasure honor The…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“I guess you could add the resignation of Kaczynski and then Schwartz. Well, he just lost the election. He wasn't terminated. He had to resign. he was in office and he's not anymore right and then the first deputy i think there was another person that was terminated in the treasurer's office i cannot remember what their position was so that's something i can we can go over michelle yeah and kylie um so does the county expect selected firm to quantify potential losses beyond the amounts currently identified including preparation and information for insurance recovery I mean that's kind of what…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“okay so and then i didn't have any more questions under that vendor unless you did we can move to hka um so timeline to due dates um that again this is another typo 3 versus 5 pm do we want to the building closes at 4 30 so should we make it 3 pm yeah okay um And then these, number two was kind of technical. They really got into the weeds a little bit in that one. So basically, they wanted to know if the requirements we put forward for both the Part A and Part B is technically for Part A, because in Part B, they wanted to know if they could use the AICPA station on standards for forensic. So…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Yeah. So, okay. So number one for scope, we already talked about that. What prompted the forensic audit and financial reconstruction? Number two, same question. Unknown allegations, whistleblower, audit findings. What if any sense of political governance or stakeholder dynamics may impact this forensic audit? I'm not sure how to answer that one. So how I answered that is that there is internal friction on this regarding whether or not it's needed.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 1:20:51
“All right. Number four, as a county attorney, according to the county attorney outside of the council. Well, it would be the AG's office.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Yeah, so what I put is that No, but they need to be kept apprised of it, of what's going on, and that the county attorney is not prosecuting the treasurer for any misdemeanors. Yeah, I think just that point of clarification. So number five, does the county expect judgmental sampling, statistically valid sampling, 100% review of the data population using data analytics? Each of these are different levels of death. So that's right. I mean, I say whatever thinking you've been analytics to streamline and help with and the better. So do we want either statistic? What I put is either statistically…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“so what i'm going to put is the more detail is how will we use how data will be protected okay uh has the county established a target budget range for the overall project i put no okay well better uh letters who do not submit too many signed copies of full contracts the proposal will be disqualified”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Yeah, so G, bear with me, it's kind of light. so i had internal control oh yeah yeah so does the county expect a selected firm to evaluate both design and operating effectiveness of internal controls i would say yes yeah okay our specific controller is concerned to receive additional focus i just put we did before bankruptcy solutions and payroll matching appropriations and then for number three i just put expect benchmarking controls against best practices i would say would be welcome and then that brings us to deliverables for the first question what level detail and i put enough to take…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Yeah. So I just put yes for that. so deliverables to the corrective action roadmap to recommended implementation timelines and response to parties i put yes because you need to know who's going to be in charge of what and is presentation to the board anticipated to occur in public meeting closed session or another form it depends on what's being presented so a public meeting with consideration of law enforcement needs to be engaged that portion needs to be okay work paper ownership i just for that one question i just said soft copy electronic copies unless you have another okay and the last…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 1:28:05
“extending it out two weeks. So I think that will help the vendors with their comfort level because I think they're a little worried that they're going to, you know, because right now it's the 4th and it's due the 24th. Yeah. So, yeah. Okay. So anything else? Otherwise, we'll move on to the next agenda item. Okay. So the last agenda item is at our last meeting, it was requested that I follow up with the state auditor with just this very simple questions that were outstanding that we just wanted to know. And you both were copied on that, and then you were both copied on the response. So, didn't…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“well i requested that information saying we went out of prize because he said that they this chief of staff this is not the auditor responding this is cheap or any of their auditors it was just the chief of staff his response was you know that was provided to county officials and i said which county officials because we never got any of that communication and in the past that's been shared with us in fact i think the first is when Amanda was still here, and they told us that because of the lack of responsiveness, it's going to increase the cost that first time. This is in 2023 or 2024. And…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026