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A Private Auditing Of County Auditors
Chairman Corey A. Stewart (R) said the board should consider using an outside firm to conduct internal audits so that if a similar situation ever occurred again, there would be no appearance of impropriety.
Debate bogged down, and Stewart suggested that the issue was complicated and perhaps the board should take another week or two to consider the matter.
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But Supervisor W.S. Covington III (R-Brentsville) asked for a vote. "I think spending $30,000 to hire an outside auditor is a cheap price to pay to get the answers we are looking for," he said.
When Stewart said he would support the motion, Barg challenged him, asking why he had changed his mind about the issue being so complex that it needed more discussion and analysis.
"I am going with the will of the board," Stewart said.
The board also discussed a proposal for a 36 percent increase in the proffer amounts for new houses, townhouses and multi-unit residences that would go into effect July 2. The proffer, or money a developer has to pay the county to build a single-family home, would jump from $37,719 per unit to $51,113. The board is scheduled to vote on the proposal next month.
Mark Granville-Smith, president of the Prince William chapter of the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association, urged the board to delay action on the proffer increase.
"A proffer amount of $51,000 would now exceed 10 percent of the average cost of a new home in Prince William," he said. "This is not the time to kick an industry when it is down."
