Water District Selects Auditor
The Glasscock Underground Water Conservation District Board of Directors (Rick Harston, John Phillips and Mike Hughes absent) decided on March 14 to rehire Anna Thomas, CPA, of San Angelo to do the district’s 2004 audit. The board had asked Harston to look for someone else who would charge less after Thomas notified the board of an increase in her fee from $1,400 to $2,800. In a letter to the board, Thomas said she has charged the district $1,400 each year since 1994, and said a three percent increase each year would have meant a fee of $1,938 last year. She also said the necessity of implementing new government auditing standards has increased audit costs.
The board reviewed auditing costs of six other water districts and a proposal from Glasscock County ISD’s auditor before deciding to stay with Thomas.