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Mar 17 2008
08:03 am
Mayor's Response to P-Card Audit
By: Dwight Van de Vate

Purchasing Card Audit Response

WHO: Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale
John Troyer, Chief Financial Officer
Dwight Van de Vate, Chief Administrative Officer
Hugh Holt, Purchasing Director

WHAT: Mayor’s Presentation of Audit Response

WHEN: 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 19, 2008

WHERE: Small Assembly Room, City/County Building

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: County Mayor Mike Ragsdale will deliver management’s response to the review of Purchasing Card Charges and Expense Reimbursements (Procurement Card Audit). This will include comments by the Mayor and a brief overview from senior staff involved in preparing the response, concluding no later than 3:30 p.m.

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Bird_dog's picture

so, was that it???

Submitted by Bird_dog on Wed, 2008/03/19 - 5:21pm.

smoke and mirrors? - especially the table that showed questions about the 3 current employees have been "CLEARED"in bold all-caps - I feel so much better now. I hope you have gone back to redact the mayor's p-card account number on page 53.

Dwight Van de Vate's picture

P-Card

Submitted by Dwight Van de Vate on Wed, 2008/03/19 - 6:12pm.

John Troyer made note of the fact that there is only one procurement card in the Mayor's Office, for office supplies only. The card number shown in the audit response is for a card that is no longer active.

Dwight Van de Vate
Chief Administrative Officer
Knox County Mayor's Office

bill young's picture

garth

Submitted by bill young on Wed, 2008/03/19 - 6:25pm.

Say anything you want about this whole deal

Its out of bounds to call Ms.Finch THAT

Again say what you will but DO NOT say that about Ms Finch

R. Neal's picture

The comment Bill is

Submitted by R. Neal on Wed, 2008/03/19 - 8:09pm.

The comment Bill is referring to has been removed.

knoxvegas99's picture

I know why the canned bird sings

Submitted by knoxvegas99 on Wed, 2008/03/19 - 9:36pm.

The written response as well as Dwight's comments this afternoon make it clear that the former community services director has been cast into outer darkness. If so much as an attempt was made by anyone in the Mayor's office to resolve any of Ms. Finch's documentation problems there's no evidence of it.

And I must admit I was more than a little disappointed that Cynthia didn't take the opportunity to make an appearance this afternoon. Right or wrong, she still has a number of supporters who would probably have jumped at the chance to stage a demonstration on her behalf, complete with appropriate signage. A once in a lifetime chance for political theater wasted.

Durn.

Larry Van Guilder

Bird_dog's picture

A once in a lifetime chance?

Submitted by Bird_dog on Wed, 2008/03/19 - 9:42pm.

Cheer up. We aren't even to intermission yet.

Rachel's picture

A once in a lifetime chance

Submitted by Rachel on Wed, 2008/03/19 - 10:05pm.

A once in a lifetime chance for political theater wasted.

I don't know; I've had quite enough political theater lately. :)

Anonymously Nine's picture

The silence on KnoxViews

Submitted by Anonymously Nine (not verified) on Thu, 2008/03/20 - 1:11pm.

The silence on KnoxViews about Ragsdale is deafening. Is Ragsdale seen as a progressive? Why is there no great outcry?

Bizzy's picture

Its Ragsdale Fatique

Submitted by Bizzy on Thu, 2008/03/20 - 6:26pm.

Sick of the guy. Sick of his lines about seniors and reading to the kids and stories about taking nurses who helped out with Hurricane Katrina (rich!) to lunch on his p-card. I can't stand the looks of the guy (anybody notice he looks like Frank Burns from M*A*S*H*?).

Sick. Sick. Sick. And sick of you too Van De Vate. Don't you ever get tired of making excuses for this crowd?

redmondkr's picture

Like Moving Forward

Submitted by redmondkr on Thu, 2008/03/20 - 6:41pm.

We all know people who cannot tell us the time of day without using the obligatory 'like' at least five times. If Rags were somehow restrained from saying 'moving forward' he would surely explode.


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