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June 18 2009
The Milan Town Board meeting of June 8, 2009, was yet another in a long series of meetings that have failed to resolve the ever-worsening problem of the Town’s financial records. Republican Town Supervisor Dick Barrett seems only to be digging the financial hole deeper.

The meeting began contentiously with the very first agenda item, the usually routine acceptance of minutes from previous meetings and public hearings. Democratic Town Board member Diane May wished to make certain that the minutes of the regular meeting on May 11 contained her exact wording regarding the state of the Town’s finances.

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Milan Finances:
It’s the Users, Not the Software
Van Talmage June 2009

Read Van's comments HERE

State Comptroller Letter ...AGAIN

June 5, 2009
Dear Mr. Madej:

In response to your letter of February 6, 2009 in reply to our letter of February 3, 2009 (enclosed) we are once again asking for your help and advice regarding the many financial issues in the Town of Milan.

To date, the Town Board has received numerous Financial Statements for December 2008; none were acceptable to the Board, all were inaccurate and incomplete. Also, as of this date, the Town Board has not received the Supervisor’s Annual Financial Report for 2008 due on January 20, 2009 and the Supervisor has failed to submit the 2008 Annual Update Document due April 28, 2009.

Milan board looks to fix 'financial mess'
Review showed inconsistencies in records
By Colin DeVries
For the Poughkeepsie Journal June 15 2009

MILAN - After months of contentious debates over the town's finances, officials are working out solutions to correct the fiscal discrepancies.

Supervisor Richard Barrett said the town's fiscal problems have "snowballed" for several years and it has finally "come to a head."
Barrett said, "I was rather taken aback when the senior examiner from the state told me that the '07 figures did not agree with '08."

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FINANCE 101/102

A Tutorial Prepared Especially for Our Town’s Republican Management
No. 7 in the Series, from an Outraged Milan Resident
by Evelyn Bartin June 8, 2009

Good morning, class. Welcome to Finance 101/102, a course that will provide basic financial definitions and descriptions, and will demonstrate how an understanding of these core components can impact the financial health and well-being of a business . . . in this case, a town.

Everyone, please be seated. And Supervisor Barrett and Councilpersons Egan and Byrne, please take seats right up front
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Why not table the minutes?

	"Being a QuickBooks consultant or expert isn't the issue before the town," May said. "The issue is that we do not have a municipal accountant; a professional CPA with municipal and fund accounting experience and expertise."

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