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Florida Legislative Auditing Committee Seeks Answers About Town of Century Finances
March 11, 2025
The Florida Legislature’s Joint Legislative Auditing Committee (JLAC) has voted to direct the Town of Century to provide answers regarding findings from its last three years of audits.
The committee is established under rules of the Florida Legislature with a membership that includes members from the House and Senate. It has responsibilities that are designed to provide continuous oversight of government operations, in part, through the auditing and review activities of the Auditor General.
“The Committee adopted a motion to direct the Town of Century (Town) to provide a written explanation of the status of corrective action that has been taken (Response) to the Committee,” Sen. Jay Collins, chair of JLAC, wrote in a letter to Century interim Mayor Alicia Johnson.
The letter directs the town to respond to the state committee by April 4 with an explanation for each audit finding reported in the town’s last three years of audits. The town must detail what full corrective action has been taken or explain how and when corrective action will be implemented.
Specifically, the JLAC requested a response regarding audit findings that identified issues with cash management, account reconciliation, capital asset tracking, and the town’s overall financial condition.
Previous audits have found that Century’s financial condition “demonstrated signs of a deteriorating financial condition,” as defined by Florida statutes.
Members of the JLAC are:
- Sen. Jason Brodeur
- Sen. Tracie Davis
- Sen. Stan McClain
- Sen. Jason W. B. Pizzo
- Sen. Corey Simon
- Sen. Tom A. Wright
- Rep. Kimberly Davis
- Rep. Peggy Gossett-Seidman
- Rep. Sam Greco
- Rep. Yvonne Hayes Hinson
- Rep. Rachel Saunders Plakon
- Rep. Taylor Michael Yarkosky
Editor’s note: This vote by the JLAC and the letter to the Town of Century were initiated prior to the town alleging employee theft and is unrelated to the criminal investigation.
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6 Responses to “Florida Legislative Auditing Committee Seeks Answers About Town of Century Finances”
sonds like too little too late
The staff member holding the position of chief financial officer of the town should be a person qualified to make budgets, turn in audits on time and report to the council and mayor.
It seems the person has not done their job nor been held accountable — yet stays in the background collecting a pay check.
Michelle Saltzman is the one rep at this level representing the town and has indicated she is on it. I hope you interview her and ask her about this, it does involve her peers.
Sunshine on the financial records of TOC!!
Hopefully the truth will prevail!
We will see.
Maybe the pages turned by this group will either put Century on a better path or at least bring accountability.
Perhaps the state will force the municipality to dissolve and escambia county can take over, with the help of the state. Unfortunately, people I’m century will fight anything that will help because it will destroy the “good ol’ boy” system – like free utilities, off the book loans, etc.
Excellent!