In response to the posting by the "GangOfFourMustGo"

For someone that consults with the Finance Directors from five other communities in the area you don’t seem to know much about municipal finance. The tax increase approved by the voters in November of 2001 became effective on January 1, 2002. The merchants of Northglenn collected the new tax during the month of January. These taxes were remitted to the City of Northglenn in February of 2002. Susan’s last day with the City was January 24th.

The modification to the accounting system in question was a formula in an excel spreadsheet in the finance department. The spreadsheet is used to allocate the sales tax received by the City into the various funds. This spreadsheet could not and should not have been changed until after the December, 2001 taxes were remitted in January of 2002. This means that the finance director on February 1, 2002 was the one responsible for making the appropriate change to the accounting system. Phil Nelson in his infinite wisdom appointed himself as the Finance Director after Susan’s departure on January 24, 2002. We all know Phil wasn’t much of a Finance Director. He wasn’t much of a City Manager either but that should be the subject of another posting. Susan was not responsible for causing the error because she wasn’t the Finance Director when the change needed to be made.

As to the reason for Susan’s resignation, you already received a copy of her personnel action form you obtained from your Colorado Open Records request. The personnel action form prepared and signed the Personnel Director and the City Manager clearly states the reason as “Resignation”. As to if the resignation was voluntary or forced, does it matter?

You should consider taking a municipal finance course. You might find the knowledge refreshing.

A Former Northglenn Employee