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SMALL CITIES
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
www.awcnet.org -
then “Other services” - then “Small City Resources”.
The State Auditor’s Office
through the Local Government Support team has assistance and training
available for small cities and towns (Category 2).
The program is designed to assist small
cities and towns throughout the State of Washington in dealing with the
numerous legal compliance and accounting issues that you face each day.
These issues can range from preparing an annual report, training new
personnel, assistance in the development of the annual budget,
reconciliation of financial statements or assisting in setting up new
budgeting and payroll software systems.
To help achieve our goal the Auditor’s
Office has a “Small Cities Specialist” who has been hired for this
specific purpose. This individual has extensive experience with local
government, having worked at the local level as a Clerk/Treasurer for a
small town. In addition the program has been designed to keep costs at
a minimum, with the understanding that small cities have limited
resources available for training.
Current areas of assistance and training
consist of:
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Annual Report Preparation and training
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Accounting System conversions –
transition assistance
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BARS manual assistance and information
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Budget preparation
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Fund balance reconciliation
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Grant accounting assistance
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Internal Controls review
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Payroll – training
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Phone assistance – responding to
numerous inquiries varying from budget concerns to year end
procedures
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Personnel training for new employees
to assure understanding of administrative procedures and compliance
issues
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Public Works projects – accounting
assistance and training for compliance with Bid laws and Small Works
For Additional
Information, Technical Assistance or to Schedule On-Site training,
call: Toni Nelson, Small Cities Specialist
Washington State
Auditor’s Office
14811 E. Arrowleaf Lane
Spokane, WA 99206
(509) 228-9346 or cell (509)710-4949
email:
nelsont@sao.wa.gov
Updated:
06/21/2007
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