Although both sides read from them Thursday evening, neither Grafton Township trustees nor Supervisor Linda Moore directly mentioned dueling motions filed earlier this week in the cases that were supposed to straighten out lines of authority in Grafton government. Both filings ask for orders to pay bills, but different ones.
The trustees ask McHenry County Judge Michael Caldwell to enforce his preliminary injunction of Dec. 10. They want him to order Moore to pay bills they've approved, notably a $20,000 one for computer experts Forensicon to figure out what happened to the Township's computer financial records when they went missing a year ago.
They also ask Caldwell to order Moore to give them remote access to the financial records which she has brought back to the Township but only on a flash drive jacked into a laptop computer at the Township Offices, according to the motion.
Trustees want Caldwell to order Moore to use the IT company they like to service Township computers instead of "one of her General Assistance employees".
Especially, trustees want the Judge to order Moore to allow an audit of Township financial records by the firm the Board selected, Brown & Co. of Woodstock. They claim in the filing she won't even talk to the auditor.
In discussion at Thursday's meeting Trustee Rob LaPorta charged Brown's tried repeatedly to call Moore recently and she won't pick up the phone. Moore said Brown doesn't want the job, anyway, based on a letter the firm sent her in November.
The motion asks Caldwell to find Moore in contempt for any or all of the allegations.
Moore's filing asks for a clarification of his opinion and order. It wants Caldwell to tell trustees to approve all the bills she submits as long as "they are reasonably related to Township business." Even if they don't like them.
She asks Caldwell to order payment of $5,000 in attorney's fees for lawyer Richard Cowan for "pre-litigation attorney's fees incurred...in (Moore's) official capacity" for advising her when the Board censured her late in 2009.
More also wants Caldwell to order payment of a bunch of bills from bookkeeping service Ketchmark for "computer work necessary to comply with this court's order". Based on Thursday's wrangling this involved repeated installs of the Quickbook bookkeeping program on Township computers.
There's a hearing scheduled for the judge to sort it all out Feb. 24.
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Why would she want to speak to an auditor? She hasn't wanted to speak to an auditor since the books disappeared from secure keeping almost two years ago. Probably the same reason she want nothing to do with Forensicon. Gotta love Chicago-style transparency at work.
The trustees and Linda Moore need to quit bickering, you are a disgrace. Frankly, please resign and walk away. You are not furthering progress for the township.
Someone explain why the Trustees need remote access to the financial records.......
There's an office, information can be accessed at the office. As I recall it was to be read only.
As far as I know, Trustees, Board Members, etc. aren't the ones working on the books, aren't the ones inputting or deleting or transfering info.
What am I missing here?
FYI, remote access does not automatically mean that they want to be able to input, delete or transfer info.
My understanding was that they would like READ-ONLY remote access which would allow them to VIEW the information off-site. Read-only does not allow any access to writing to the file or altering the file in any way; therefore, is safe for off-site use when not supervised.
Posting quickbooks online may lead to employees social security numbers being hacked into. All so Rob LaPorta can look at the township quickbooks from anywhere in the USA.
You are saying Linda is correct in not allowing anyone to SEE the financial records because "it may lead to employee social security numbers being hacked?" So all of hiding the finances is being done for privacy??? I'm not buying it. Let's not forget that Linda Moore published the name of a GA recipient for all to see. Why would you not audit the finances or let anyone see them? Why is Linda refusing to allow an audit of the financial records that she is keeping? If Todd Stroger did this there would be media coverage and public outcry. Resign now Linda, you are a disgrace.
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