draft letter to the mayor

[Jeffrey Kerekes]

Please take a look at this sample letter to the mayor about the need for more commissioners.  Let me know what you think.

Friday, October 16, 2009

 

John DeStefano, Jr

Mayor

City of New Haven

165 Church Street

New Haven, CT 06511

 

RE: Financial Review & Audit Commission Appointments

 

Dear Mayor DeStefano:

 

We the undersigned Commissioners of the Financial Review & Audit Commission (FRAC) are writing to you to express our deep concern over the lack of appointments to FRAC.  As you are aware, we are tasked with reviewing the monthly financial reports, selecting the City’s Auditor, and tasked with a project to prepare a Five Year Plan. We are unable to meet this obligation without being able to have a quorum of commissioners.  At the time of this writing, we have only four of nine commissioners appointed to the commission with a fifth one hopefully finalized in the near future (and a sixth one in perhaps a few months). At present, we are unable to hold an official meeting.  Our concern is that the FRAC has not had an official and genuinely productive meeting in years despite its charter obligations.  Our recent official meetings have been about organizing our work rather than doing it.

 

In our current incarnation, we are unable to meet our obligation to select an Auditing firm for the City. Members of our commission have submitted numerous names of potential commissioners and urge your immediate attention to appoint the remaining commissioners.  We are all eager to take up these challenges and make a meaningful contribution to the City and we need your help to make this possible.

 

With Sincerity,

 

 

 

 

Hopefully, you will all sign on to this letter or a version of it.

cc: Sean Matteson

Carl Goldfield, President, BOA

Thanks,

Jeffrey Kerekes

jeffrey...@gmail.com

203-676-0880

[Edward Piazza]

fine!

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From: Jeffrey Kerekes <jeffrey...@gmail.com>
To: nhf...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 10:02:22 AM
Subject: draft letter to the mayor

[CANALES CARMEN]

Jeffrey,

 

I agree with all you have stated and would sign on to the letter.  My only suggestions are to include some sort of date or deadline along with the possibility of a meeting date with the Mayor to discuss the issue.  It has been my experience that without a sense of urgency of a given deadline or date most things would not be accomplished.  For example, you may want to mention the deadline for the selection of the audit firm.  The latter would put the urgency into more actionable steps.

 

Carmen

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From: Jeffrey Kerekes <jeffrey...@gmail.com>
To: nhf...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 11:02:22 AM

Subject: draft letter to the mayor

[Jeffrey Kerekes]

Good idea!  I sent a note to Mark about the deadline for the auditor.

Thanks,

Jeffrey Kerekes

jeffrey...@gmail.com

203-676-0880