Just To let everyone know, we are in good hands when John Tuey is on the job.
Tuey is our City Comptroller. Our financial watchdog if you will. With a natural instinct to ferret out anomalies in the accounts or the ability to chase down a good deal, John has, in his short time as our chief money-man, shown us that we can count on his abilities.
The council and the Mayor had a serious task before them when it came to replacing Penny Radel last year. John stepped up and has since made quite the impression.
John brought it to our attention that it has been over seven years since our energy accounts had been audited. We should have the accounts audited more often, to better track the expenses, but this requires an outside firm to do such a task.
John found, through the bid process, a company called Computel Consultants. Asking permission of the Council to enter into a Utility Billing Analysis agreement, we would get a better assessment of our utility expenses.
Natural Gas, Electric (including street lights) and cable accounts just to name a few.
This way we will discover overcharges to Central Hudson and in the case of Cable: underpayments.
It turns out John is a good haggler too. Computel initially wanted 50% of the “found” money as a fee. It seems John got em down to 40% for starts and a sliding scale of 35% if the amount exceeds 50K. Not bad huh?
John, you pay a great deal of attention to the needs of the Council. You have experienced last years budget as an apprentice with Penny. This is when we need your ability at its sharpest. Everyone knows what is in store for all municipalities and the Mayor and Council will be tested this year. I think the taxpayers have been well served with John Tuey as comptroller.
Tuey is our City Comptroller. Our financial watchdog if you will. With a natural instinct to ferret out anomalies in the accounts or the ability to chase down a good deal, John has, in his short time as our chief money-man, shown us that we can count on his abilities.
The council and the Mayor had a serious task before them when it came to replacing Penny Radel last year. John stepped up and has since made quite the impression.
John brought it to our attention that it has been over seven years since our energy accounts had been audited. We should have the accounts audited more often, to better track the expenses, but this requires an outside firm to do such a task.
John found, through the bid process, a company called Computel Consultants. Asking permission of the Council to enter into a Utility Billing Analysis agreement, we would get a better assessment of our utility expenses.
Natural Gas, Electric (including street lights) and cable accounts just to name a few.This way we will discover overcharges to Central Hudson and in the case of Cable: underpayments.
It turns out John is a good haggler too. Computel initially wanted 50% of the “found” money as a fee. It seems John got em down to 40% for starts and a sliding scale of 35% if the amount exceeds 50K. Not bad huh?
John, you pay a great deal of attention to the needs of the Council. You have experienced last years budget as an apprentice with Penny. This is when we need your ability at its sharpest. Everyone knows what is in store for all municipalities and the Mayor and Council will be tested this year. I think the taxpayers have been well served with John Tuey as comptroller.
You’ve earned your stripes John…welcome aboard.
