Austin Engages Auditors for $9K
- A special meeting was held solely to discuss and approve the city's annual financial audit for the 1954-1955 fiscal year.
- Council members voted to hire Wade, Barton & Marsh, an accounting firm, to conduct the audit.
- The firm was chosen partly because they had previously audited city utilities and offered a $1,000 credit on their fee.
- The contract for the audit was approved for $9,000, covering financial records from October 1954 through September 1955.
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618.4 618 A CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Austin will be held on the 20th day of July, 1955, at the Municipal Building, Eighth and Colorado, in Austin, Texas, at 3:00 P.M. for the purpose of considering the Audit of the City for the year 1954-55. (Sgd) Elsie Woosley City Clerk (Sgd) Tom Miller Mayor City of Austin, Texas ATTEST: (Sgd) Elsie Woosley City Clerk CONSENT TO MEETING We, the undersigned members of the City Council, hereby accept service of the foregoing notice, waiving any and all irregularities in such service and such notice, and consent and agree that said City Council shall meet at the time and place therein named, and for the purpose therein stated. (Sgd) Wesley Pearson (Sgd) Lester E. Palmer (Sgd) Ben White (Sgd) Emma Long CITY OF AUSTIN. TEXAS 419-2 618B MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS Special Meeting July 20, 1955 3:00 Ρ.Μ. Council Chamber, City Hall The meeting was called to order with Mayor Miller presiding. Roll call: Present: Councilmen Long, Palmer, Pearson, White, Mayor Miller Absent: None Present also: W. T. Williams, Jr., City Manager; Doren R. Eskew, City Attorney; J. D. Huffman, Jr., Director of Finance. The Mayor announced that this meeting was called for the purpose of considering the Audit of the City for the year 1954-55. The Mayor had discussed the matter with MR. WADE, of WADE, BARTON & MARSH, and stated this firm had made an audit of the utilities for the bonds, and would give credit of $1,000 on that audit. The audit would cover the same scope as set out in the previous years under the specifications for the calendar year 1951. After detailed discussion concerning the audit, Councilman Long moved that WADE, BARTON & MARSH be engaged to make the audit for the period of October 1,1954 through September 30, 1955 for $9,000, and that the City Manager be instructed to draw up a letter of contract as has been done before. The motion, seconded by Councilman White, carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Long, Palmer, Pearson, White, Mayor Miller Noes: None There being no further business the Council adjourned about 5:00 P.M. subject to the call of the Mayor. ATTEST: é kú City Clerk APPROVED Jom Mill Mayor