Our initial understanding, after speaking with Polk City officials was that an audit under state statue 11.45(5) was not currently being done. After further research done by our contacts at the the State Auditor General's Office, we had been misinformed. Our contact in Tallahassee informed us that audits of the 2007 records and earlier have been done, and they are in the process of auditing the 2008 records.
Our contact advised us that it was not in the best interest of all involved to pursue the petition on the audit. If we did get enough signatures on the petition to request an audit, as originally planned, this would only be requiring the State Auditor General's Office to do a duplicate audit. We do not want to add to the wasteful spending of state funds, so we have decided to cancel this Audit Petition.
We will be following up with our contact at the Auditor General's Office to get further understanding of what happens to these audit reports once they are completed. If further action needs to be pursued regarding what was discovered during these audits, like calling in the State Attorney General's Office to investigate, we will let you know.
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