WestLake-Gladstone, other municipalities under audit
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This article was published 10/09/2022 (1306 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Province of Manitoba has requested the Auditor General to audit the operations of several municipalities but only the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone has been named so far.
An order in council issued by Finance Minister Cameron Friesen on Sept. 6 requests that Auditor General Tyson Shtykalo “audit the operations and the accounts of various Municipalities, including the Municipality of Westlake – Gladstone [sic].”
The Municipality lies approximately 110 kilometres northeast of Brandon and borders the southwest corner of Lake Manitoba.
The authority for the order comes from the auditor general act, which states that the Lieutenant Governor in Council, Minister of Finance or a resolution passed by the Standing Committee on Public Accounts may request for the accounts of a government organization or recipient of public money be audited.
The document containing the text for the order, posted to the province’s website, states that Manitoba Finance was asked to approve the audit on the recommendation of Manitoba Municipal Relations.
It states that the scope of the audit can include investigations into whether financial and administrative duties have been followed and whether financial documents offered by the municipalities have met standards.
Though the document make repeated reference to multiple municipalities subject to investigation, only WestLake-Gladstone is referenced.
Neither the Auditor General’s office nor the provincial government responded to a request for comment on Friday. The Sun was unable to immediately reach WestLake-Gladstone mayor Scott Kinley for comment on Saturday.
One possible reason for investigation could be the cyber attack announced by the municipality back in Oct. 2020, in which approximately $422,776.94 was taken from its credit union accounts through withdrawals of $9,950 starting in Dec. 2019.
A further five donations totalling around $50,000 were intercepted and returned to the municipality.
As of last month, the Free Press reported that the case had not been solved. However, the municipality is pursuing a lawsuit against Stride Credit Union to recover the stolen funds.
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