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Last Updated: Apr 8th, 2008 - 05:36:19
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Clarification on Altoona Mirror Editorial
By Richard J. Peo - Blair County Controller
Apr 2, 2008, 17:10
I would like to shed some light on a recent editorial which ran in the Altoona Mirror on March 24th concerning the Accounts Payable for the County of Blair.
Contrary to what was written, the County does account for unpaid bills.
As you are well aware, the financial status of the County has tightened over the last three or four years; and as a consequence of this, the Accounts Payable has grown. On a monthly basis, I do provide the Commissioners with a report that details the Accounts Payable and also the Accounts Receivable.
Over the past several years, there has been only one department that the County has had a problem with keeping up with the amount of bills that need to be paid. This department is Children & Youth. The report that the Commissioners have been receiving since the month of March 2007 gives information on the total dollars that are 30 days old and also older than 30 days. Just because the information is not in a particular format does not mean that it does not exist. Granted, the financial statements that are produced do not include these expenses for now; and this is a problem that I am working on getting corrected at the least possible expense to the County. I am anxious to get our system to age our Accounts Payable and update our expense accounts with this information because this would make life simpler for everyone concerned. In the meantime, the Commissioners need to add the totals on the report that I provide to them monthly to the Children and Youth year-to-date totals on our financial statement.
I am providing in the body of this letter what the report looks like that I have been giving to the Commissioners on a monthly basis.
Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable As Of February 29, 2008
The following is due the County as of February 29, 2008:
Reimbursement from the State for Children & Youth $2,577,438.36
Reimbursement from Valley View Home 1,200,000.00
Reimbursement from 911 1,322,302.11
Other Reimbursements 150,149.74
Total Accounts Receivable: $5,249,890.21
The following are the Accounts Payable as of February 29, 2008:
Children & Youth $ 1,012,334.44
Children & Youth (30 Days And Older) 1,999,381.05
Highmark 481,723.42
MR/MR 420,767.00
All Other Payables 155,496.53
Total Accounts Payable: $4,069,702.44
As of February 29, 2008, the cash balance was $500,525.97.
The above report is the most recent one that the Commissioners have received.
Our financial reports do include current expenses except for certain payables that are highlighted on my report. Again, these expenses would need to be added to the grand total of the General Fund expenses on our financial statements for any given month until I can get this problem corrected. My plan is to have this situation resolved within the next 60 days.
If the Commissioners need additional information other than what I already provide, all they need to do is walk across the hall.
Sincerely,
Richard J. Peo
County Controller
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