If the Tazewell County Board wins in its quest to replace the elected auditor position with a hired internal auditor it could spend much more than it is spending now for the elected position.
The Executive Committee of the Tazewell County Board will meet immediately following the Risk Management Committee meeting at 4 p.m. Wednesday to approve the ballot question and decide if it and the job description for a hired internal auditor should go to the full county board. According to the packet of information for the Executive Committee meeting, “The internal auditor is an appointed official who answers to a five member committee.”
Tazewell County Board Chairman David Zimmerman has said the appointed auditor would be independent of the county board, but in the job…
