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Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
I haven’t read all of the background but I’m friends with the most respected municipal consultant in Canada; he’s in Alberta. I think he’d do a basic review for less than a third of that price and I know accountants who could review the finances around the expense claims for far less. There must be much more than I’m aware.
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Would these reviews fit the bill for a forensic audit (for which I admittedly don’t know what the difference is in scrutiny, but seems like one of those standardized terms that require people with designations after their names that automatically drive the price up)?
I don’t doubt any accountant and a lot of non-accountants would be able to look at the expenses and be able to say ‘yep, that’s bad and here’s by how much’ but I’d imagine there’s a premium for something that potentially involves ousting a councillor and criminal charges.
Lost in all this is that Ray Jones should also be on the hook for money. The cost of the investigation could just come out of the golden transition payment he’s been mailing it in to get for the past dozen years or so.