At the August 22, 2011 Coatesville City Council Meeting:
I asked, “Is it true that Raj from the Finance Department didn’t
show up to work today and that he may be on his way to India?
City Solicitor John Carnes, “That’s a personnel matter, that
can’t be discussed in public.”
Me, “OK, but it’s in the public record.”
John Carnes, “Well, I mean…
Me, “Now it is.”
I think the question we should be asking is; what did Raj take with him to India?
“Raj has recently reconciled the accounts payable to from
the old system to the new system, which was also very, very tedious. He had to
build nearly every single…individually. So once we get this primary account
done we will be in very good position. I’ve talked to Mr. Green about getting
in and really getting not only the books on the payroll but also just doing the
payroll account very, very closely. And once we do that I think we are going to
be good to go. We are close.”
FROM:
FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2010
Council
Comments Special Coatesville City Council Meeting June 3, 2010.
Coatesville City Manager Ted Reeves, “This is what we have
been dealing with since I’ve been here…That’s why the budget concerns me the
way it is now, without me knowing the countdown in side of 09, for January 1 of
09 so that we have… an accurate countdown for January 1 of 10. We don’t know.
We’re getting close to the information.” Raj has been working on getting those
up to date. Stacy has been working on other things matching checks and matching
deposits and all that stuff and I think the whole department.. has been working
very hard… I think Stacy’s has someone working part time to try to get the
information together. It’s a laborious slow process.”
FROM:
FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2010
Below is a part of the
discussion at the Budget Workshop of Thursday November 18, 2010:
Mr. Simpson, “I
guess my point is that if you’re not reconciling and it’s matching every day
there’s obviously an opportunity for that money to just disappear. And with
what you’ve provided, the information that you’ve provided to the press last
week, I’d be one of the first places that I would look. And I’d try to get it
settled and get to where… You went to the press and said there’s $160,000 that
you think is missing somewhere.”
Ms. Bjorhus, “Well
that was in the audit.”
Mr. Simpson, “So
if the audit says there’s $160,000 and we don’t know where it’s at. And now you
have an opportunity where these two aren’t matching. I would start there and
say, well let’s get this fixed first. Because the longer we go the more
opportunity there is for someone to abuse the system."
FROM:
SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 21, 2010
Budget Workshop “We’ve got to find that money. Where’s it going, out the door?”
Correction, I wrote "At the August 23, 2011 City Council Meeting." I corrected it to say, "At the August 22, 2011 City Council Meeting".
hMMMM Well Mr Simpson. What about the $110,000 that Amrit Lal owes the city too? ... AS LONG AS YOU MENTION STOPPING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO ABUSE THE SYSTEM! Put your money where your mouth is.
ReplyDeleteTUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2011
DeleteIn 2007 the PA Commonwealth Court ordered landlord Amrit Lal to pay the City of Coatesville $110,000. It never happened.
Landlord Amrit Lal was supposed to pay $110,000 to the City of Coatesville instead Harry Walker and Andrew Lehr allegedly accepted his check for $5,000.
There was a long fought court battle between Coatesville landlord Amrit Lal and the City of Coatesville over unpaid fines for several of his Coatesville properties. After many years and a LOT of legal expenses paid by the City of Coatesville the City of Coatesville won: