The township has cancelled an RFP (request for proposals) process to appoint new auditors due to an ongoing staff shortage in the finance department.
Finance director Yufang Du is currently off sick and deputy-treasurer/tax collector Theresa Armstrong left the township in January and has not yet been permanently replaced.
On Feb. 6 Mapleton council appointed John Cumming deputy-treasurer on an interim basis.
At the Feb. 21 meeting council approved a staff recommendation from CAO Brad McRoberts to withdraw an RFP for auditing services and return unopened cost envelopes to the proponents.
Staff also recommended the RFP be reissued in late summer.
Council agreed to appoint current auditors RLB Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors for the 2016 financial year.
“In our research of potentially changing auditing firms, staff strongly are of the opinion that with ongoing staff shortages and the introduction of new staff within the finance department, changing auditors at this time would be extremely challenging,” the report states.
“The potential change of auditors at this time would be both challenging and difficult to facilitate until the finance department staff vacancy is filled and staff have had the opportunity to be adequately trained.”
