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Extracted from Consolidated Report

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Tulare County Grand Jury • 2011-2012

Tulare County Grand Jury Report 2011-2012

38 pages

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Recommendations 1

R1
Page 27

The Board of Supervisors should: a) place the matter of the shortcomings in the audits of special districts on its agenda for discussion upon being advised of these issues by the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector. b) increase the budget of the grand jury enabling it to hire investigative and forensic auditing services. This would provide the grand jury with resources to more thoroughly investigate the shortcomings in the operation and governance of special districts in Tulare County. c) recommend LAFCO adopt an annual budget permitting it to hire additional full time personnel. This would enable LAFCO to monitor the operation and governance of special districts. Then LAFCO could act to encourage the boards to make changes that would permit the special districts to operate more effectively. Where boards fail or are unable to operate the districts effectively, LAFCO could act to dissolve or reorganize the district. d) develop a procedure for recruiting individuals for appointment to the boards of special districts in addition to the requirements of the Maddy Act (§§54970 – 54974).